Abstract: Solid-state branching and/or crosslinking of aliphatic polyamide or polyester articles is achieved using a topical approach. A surface of the article is coated with a composition that includes a polyene and a free radical initiator. The article and applied coating are then heated to induce branching and/or crosslinking in the polyamide or polyester. This is performed below the crystalline melting temperature of the polyamide or polyester, or in the case of a fabric, below the melting temperature of the fibers in the fabric. Fabrics treated in this manner exhibit reduced or even no dripping in vertical flame tests.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating a textile to inhibit wicking and/or provide durable water repellency. The method includes applying one or more first coating solutions to at least one surface of a material substrate and curing the first coating solution under ambient atmospheric pressure to form one or more water-repellent layers on the material substrate. The first coating solution and water-repellent layer are fluorine free and water free. The first coating solution includes one or more first chemical components having a Si—H group, one or more second chemical components having an alkene group, and one or more catalyst agents that cause a specific chemical reaction between the Si—H group and alkene group to link the first chemical component to the second chemical component.

Abstract: A cable connector includes: a front housing including plural forwardly protruding mating tubes each having a mating cavity and plural rearwardly protruding fixing portions; a rear housing having plural receiving cavities penetrating therethrough in a front and rear direction and plural fixing grooves located next to the receiving cavities; and plural cable assemblies, wherein the cable assemblies pass through the receiving cavities and are received in the mating cavities and the receiving cavities, the fixing portions are received in the fixing grooves, and each of the fixing portions has a rear hook which extends into the receiving cavity and clasps the cable assembly to prevent the front housing from being detached from the rear housing.

Abstract: Systems and methods of item-specific keyword recommendation are disclosed. An item data structure including an item title is received and at least one item embedding is generated by applying a first trained semantic mapping model to the item title. The first trained semantic mapping model includes a first semantic mapping framework. The at least one item embedding is compared to a set of keyword embeddings representative of a set of platform-relevant keywords and a set of item-specific recommended keywords is selected from the set of platform-relevant keywords based on a similarity between the at least one item embedding and each embedding in the set of keyword embeddings. The item title is modified to include at least one of the set of item-specific recommended keywords and an interface including the modified item title is generated.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a syringe is described. The syringe includes a barrel having an open proximal end, a piston shaft having proximal and distal ends, and a piston having a longitudinal axis and opposing proximal and distal axial ends. Initially, a partially formed piston body is molded. The piston is then completely molded. The distal end of the piston shaft is engaged with the proximal axial end of the piston. The piston engaged with the piston shaft is received in the open proximal end of the barrel.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a first housing defining a front face and a rear face and two holes running through the front face and the rear face; a pair of terminals received in the holes respectively and extending forward but behind the front face of the first housing; and a first shielding tube fitly surrounding the first housing; wherein the first shielding tube defines a front distal portion located in front of the front face of the first housing, and the front distal portion shrinks gradually and becomes smaller in diameter.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for analyzing droplets on the basis of volume distribution including obtaining a total volume V of a sample containing target molecules based on a system prepared using the sample. The system is emulsified into droplets. A droplet system is obtained when the droplets obtaining the sample executes an amplification reaction. A droplet image of the droplet system is obtained. A total number n of droplets included in the droplet system is obtained based on the droplet image. A droplet volume distribution of the droplet system is obtained based on the droplet image. A number j of negative droplets among the n droplets is counted. A quantitative analysis is performed for the target molecules according to the total volume V of the sample, the total number n of droplets, the droplet volume distribution information, and the number j of negative droplets.

Abstract: A piston having a longitudinal axis and opposing proximal and distal axial ends is manufactured by a method including molding a partially formed piston body and then molding the piston. The partially formed piston body is molded by placing a first rubber sheet and an inert film between die plates of a first forming tool, vulcanizing the first rubber sheet and the inert film between the die plates of the first forming tool, and blanking out the partially formed piston body from the first rubber sheet and the inert film. The piston is then molded by placing the partially formed piston body into a second forming tool, placing a second rubber sheet into the second forming tool, vulcanizing the second rubber sheet and the partially formed piston body together, and blanking out the piston from the second rubber sheet at a trim edge spaced apart from the inert film.

Abstract: A device includes one or more processors configured to obtain output delay data based on a transmission from an audio output device. The output delay data indicates a playback delay associated with audio output by the audio output device. The one or more processors are further configured to determine, based on the output delay data and host delay data, a synchronization delay to coordinate audio output by the audio output device and video output at a display. The one or more processors are further configured to initiate sending of audio data to the audio output device and to send video data to the display. The video data is delayed, based on the synchronization delay, relative to the sending of the audio data.

Abstract: Solid-state branching and/or crosslinking of aliphatic polyamide or polyester articles is achieved using a topical approach. A surface of the article is coated with a composition that includes a polyene and a free radical initiator. The article and applied coating are then heated to induce branching and/or crosslinking in the polyamide or polyester. This is performed below the crystalline melting temperature of the polyamide or polyester, or in the case of a fabric, below the melting temperature of the fibers in the fabric. Fabrics treated in this manner exhibit reduced or even no dripping in vertical flame tests.

Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage devices storing computing instructions, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: generating a respective similarity score pair comprising an item and one or more potential matches to the item for each item in a set of items; determining a respective page number similarity score between each item and one or more of the one or more respective sub-categories of each item for each item in the set of items; re-ranking one or more remaining respective potential matches; and inserting one or more hyperlinks into an anchor webpage comprising the item, wherein the one or more hyperlinks are configured to navigate a user from the anchor webpage to one or more potential match webpages, as re-ranked. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Provided are an adaptor element in a bubble shape, a method of constructing a sequencing library with such an adapter element. The adaptor element is a hybrid formed with a long-chain nucleic acid A and a short-chain nucleic acid B. The hybrid is in the bubble shape with paired regions at two terminals and a non-paired region in the middle.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a housing defining a mating cavity opening forwards and a receiving cavity opening rearwards; a terminal module including an insulator and a pair of terminals, the insulator including an upright portion and a horizontal portion; the terminal including a contacting portion extending from the insulator, a leg portion, and a middle portion, the middle portion including an horizontal section embedded in the insulator and an upright section bending from the horizontal section, the insulator being received in the receiving cavity, the contacting portions of the terminals protruding into the mating cavity; wherein the ring rib is interference fit with an inside of the receiving cavity and the upright portion presses forward against the housing to limit a forward-movement of the terminal module so that the terminal module is retained in the receiving cavity, and a front face of the horizontal portion is separated from the housing.

Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations: classifying one or more webpages of a website into one or more classifications using interaction data, a content score, and a link equity score, each for the one or more webpages and removing, based on the one or more classifications, the one or more webpages from the website and from a sitemap of the website. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.

Abstract: The invention discloses an application of bacteria in preparation of a synergist for an immune checkpoint inhibitor. The bacteria are active bacteria or inactive whole-cell gut microbiota.

Abstract: A method for analyzing droplets based on images: obtaining a working dye channel image and a reference dye channel image corresponding to a droplet system (S1); separately performing a preset image processing operation on the working dye channel image and the reference dye channel image (S2); using the working dye channel image or the reference dye channel image as a target image (S3), and determining a region in which each droplet is located from within the target image (S4); and on the basis of the determined region in which each droplet is located, analyzing the droplet system (S5). The method can effective effectively improve the accuracy of droplet analysis. Further provided are a computer device and a storage medium.

Abstract: Solid-state branching and/or crosslinking of aliphatic polyamide or polyester articles is achieved using a topical approach. A surface of the article is coated with a composition that includes a polyene and a free radical initiator. The article and applied coating are then heated to induce branching and/or crosslinking in the polyamide or polyester. This is performed below the crystalline melting temperature of the polyamide or polyester, or in the case of a fabric, below the melting temperature of the fibers in the fabric. Fabrics treated in this manner exhibit reduced or even no dripping in vertical flame tests.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of biological medicine, particularly to a novel tumor vaccine. In order to solve the problem in the art that no technical scheme is available for generating lasting and high-effective anti-tumor immune responses, the present invention provides a tumor vaccine mainly containing a complex as a main active ingredient, wherein the complex is formed by nucleic acid, especially replicable nucleic acid not expressing exogenous gene, and cationic biomaterial. The nucleic acid and the cationic biomaterial in the tumor vaccine according to the present invention have synergistic interactions on direct killing of tumor cells, and induction of the innate immune response and adaptive immune response of body against tumor. In addition, the prepared tumor vaccine has simple drug component and is easy to produce and maintain quality control. The tumor vaccine has a good prospect for application.

Abstract: Provided is a PCR-free library construction and sequencing method. A PCR-free high-throughput sequencing method is provided, including the following steps: obtaining a DNA fragment of target size by performing or not performing, based on a size of a nucleic acid sample, fragmentation on the nucleic acid sample; performing end repair and an A-tailing reaction; ligating an adapter containing a barcode; obtaining DNA nanoballs by performing single-strand cyclization and rolling circle replication; and loading and sequencing.

Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: determining one or more similarity scores between at least two of: a first item in a hierarchical categorization containing items; a category in the hierarchical categorization; or a topic; filtering out at least one potential match from one or more potential matches using the one or more similarity scores; ranking the one or more potential matches, as filtered, using the one or more similarity scores; re-ranking the one or more potential matches, as filtered, using additional data about at least one of: the first item in the hierarchical categorization containing the items; the category in the hierarchical categorization; or the topic; and inserting one or more hyperlinks into an anchor webpage, the one or more hyperlinks configured to navigate a user from an anchor webpage to one or more potential match webpages associ