Abstract: A polypropylene composition includes (A) a polypropylene, (B1) a first copolymer of ethylene and ?-olefin having a density of 0.891 to 0.912 g/cm3, and (B2) a second copolymer of ethylene and ?-olefin having a density in the range of 0.859 to 0.881 g/cm3, wherein the amount of (A) the polypropylene is in the range from 71 to 87 wt % based on the total amount of the polymer composition, and wherein the ratio between the amount of the (B2) second copolymer of ethylene and ?-olefin and the amount of the (B1) first copolymer of ethylene and ?-olefin is in the range from 3.8 to 1.0. The polypropylene composition has improved stress whitening resistance. A battery case including the polypropylene composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a growth hormone fusion protein and a preparation method and use thereof. The growth hormone fusion protein includes: a double-stranded structure having a first constant region Fc segment and a second constant region Fc segment; and a growth hormone linked to the first constant region Fc segment, the growth hormone has no methionine at an N-terminus thereof, and the growth hormone fusion protein was expressed by a non-mammalian cell expression system. According to the present disclosure, by adopting the fusion of the growth hormone and the double-stranded structure, the in vivo half-life of the growth hormone can be prolonged, and since each double-stranded structure only carries one growth hormone, the active site of the growth hormone is not affected by steric hindrance, and stronger activity is provided, and since the N-terminus of the growth hormone has no methionine, higher safety is provided.

Abstract: The technology relates to using on-board sensor data, off-board information and a deep learning model to classify road wetness and/or to perform a regression analysis on road wetness based on a set of input information. Such information includes on-board and/or off-board signals obtained from one or more sources including on-board perception sensors, other on-board modules, external weather measurement, external weather services, etc. The ground truth includes measurements of water film thickness and/or ice coverage on road surfaces. The ground truth, on-board and off-board signals are used to build the model. The constructed model can be deployed in autonomous vehicles for classifying/regressing the road wetness with on-board and/or off-board signals as the input, without referring to the ground truth.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically transforming email signatures. A method includes: receiving an email from an email client prior to delivery to an intended recipient, the email including an original signature; analyzing the email to obtain information associated with the intended recipient of the email; predicting a preferred language of the intended recipient based on the information; converting the original signature to a revised signature, wherein the revised signature utilizes the preferred language; and forwarding the email with the revised signature to the intended recipient.

Abstract: Chimeric antigen receptors targeted to IL-13Ra2 are described. The targeting domain is a IL13 variant having increased specificity for IL-13Ra2 relative to IL-13Ra1.

Abstract: A custom tone and vocal synthesis method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The synthesis method comprises: training a first neural network by means of a speaker record sample to obtain a speaker recognition model, the output training result of the first neural network being a speaker vector sample (S102); training a second neural network by means of an unaccompanied vocal singing sample and the speaker vector sample to obtain an unaccompanied singing synthesis model (S104); inputting a speaker record to be synthesized into the speaker recognition model to obtain speaker information output by the intermediate hidden layer of the speaker recognition model (S106); and inputting unaccompanied singing music information to be synthesized and the speaker information into the unaccompanied singing synthesis model to obtain a synthesized custom tone and vocal (S108).

Abstract: Microscopic analysis of a sample includes a system using dark-field illumination. A mid-IR optical source generates a mid-infrared beam, which is directed onto the sample to induce a temperature change by absorption of the mid-infrared beam. A visible light source generates a light illuminating the sample on a substrate and creating a scattered field and a reflected field along a collection path of the system. A pupil mask is positioned along the collection path to block the reflected field while allowing the scattered field to pass therethrough. A camera is positioned at an end of the collection path to collect the scattered field and generate a dark-field image of the sample.

Abstract: Disclosed is a modularized-reconfigurable long-term in-situ monitoring device and a monitoring method. The monitoring device comprises a fixed component. The fixed component is provided with a physical and chemical parameter sensor interface, a multi-channel Raman detection system, a camera system, an ocean current recording system, a control system, a power supply system, a lighting system, a floating body and an optical communication system. A releaser is arranged in the middle of the top of the fixed component. The releasing end of the releaser is connected with one end of a connecting rod penetrating through the fixed component, and the other end of the connecting rod is connected with a bottom counterbalance weight through a manual releaser. The working efficiency is improved, the operation risk is reduced, and the positioning precision is high.

Abstract: A method of utilizing an N-point primary transform core matrix to encode may include determining whether to use a first transform core matrix that is an N-point 8-bit primary transform core matrix. When a result of the determination is to use the first transform core matrix, the method may include: (i) constructing the first transform core based on a set of unique numbers, and (ii) encoding using the derived primary transform core. The method may further include, when a result of the determination is to not use the first primary transform: (i) deriving a second transform core based on the same set of unique numbers, and (ii) encoding using the derived second transform core.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to processes for filling trenches. The process includes depositing a first amorphous silicon layer on a surface of a layer and a second amorphous silicon layer in a portion of a trench formed in the layer, and portions of side walls of the trench are exposed. The first amorphous silicon layer is removed. The process further includes depositing a third amorphous silicon layer on the surface of the layer and a fourth amorphous silicon layer on the second amorphous silicon layer. The third amorphous silicon layer is removed. The deposition/removal cyclic processes may be repeated until the trench is filled with amorphous silicon layers. The amorphous silicon layers form a seamless amorphous silicon gap fill in the trench since the amorphous silicon layers are formed from bottom up.

Abstract: A method for integrally forming a graphene film (GF) of a high specific surface area (SSA) by ultrafast ultraviolet (UV) laser processing, includes: selecting a carbon precursor material, where the carbon precursor material is one selected from the group consisting of a biomass/hydrogel composite and a heavy hydrocarbon compound; adding an activator solution to an inside of the carbon precursor material to obtain a composite with an activator uniformly loaded, and spreading the composite on a flexible substrate to form a carbon precursor material layer; heating and drying the carbon precursor material layer; in-situ processing with an ultrafast UV laser to obtain an activated GF of a high SSA; and cleaning and drying the activated GF. With the method of the present disclosure, a microporous activated GF of a high SSA can be directly processed in-situ on a flexible substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens has a positive refractive power, both of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are convex surfaces; the second lens has a negative refractive power; the third lens has a negative refractive power, and an image-side surface thereof is a concave surface; the fourth lens has a refractive power; the fifth lens has a refractive power, and an image-side surface thereof is a convex surface; the sixth lens has a refractive power, and an object-side surface thereof is a concave surface. Half of a maximal field-of-view HFOV of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfies HFOV<30°.

Abstract: A structural stabilizer for a fiber and proppant complex to enhance proppant migration and placement in a fractured well during propping and a preparation method thereof are provided. The structural stabilizer consists of: water, inorganic salt, kaolinite, nitrogen-doped modified graphene oxide, anionic surfactant, non-ionic alkyl polyglucoside, and polyacrylamide. The structural stabilizer improves bonding between a proppant and a fiber when slick water is used in stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) fracturing, prevents separation of the fiber and the proppant during migration, thereby reducing escape rate of the fiber from the fiber and proppant complex.

Abstract: Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B3 variants. Such methods include methods for detecting the presence of the HSD17B13 rs72613567 variant in a biological sample comprising genomic DNA, for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 Transcripts C, D, E, F, G, and H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising mRNA or cDNA, or for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 protein Isoforms C, D, E, F, G, or H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising protein. Also provided are methods for determining a subject's susceptibility to developing a liver disease or of diagnosing a subject with liver disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resource management method and system thereof. The resource management method includes: judging whether the variation degree of work state of a communication system will result in the change of resource management information of the communication system or not, if so, then the resource management information is re-collected, wherein the resource management information includes the state, the interference state among links and service stream information relating to each node in the communication system; and determining the resource allocation strategy of the communication system according to the resource management information.

Abstract: Disclosed are a live broadcast stream pushing method and apparatus, and an electronic device. One specific embodiment of the method comprises: receiving viewing permission setting information, wherein the viewing permission setting information is used for representing viewing permission of viewing a live broadcast stream of a multimedia conference; on the basis of the live broadcast starting state of the multimedia conference and the viewing permission setting information, determining whether to push the live broadcast stream of the multimedia conference to a requester who requests the live broadcast stream; and in response to determining to push the live broadcast stream of the multimedia conference to the requester, pushing the live broadcast stream of the multimedia conference to the requester. According to the embodiment, the flexibility of pushing a live broadcast stream of a multimedia conference is improved.

Abstract: Methods and Systems for generating a centerline for an object in an image and computer readable medium are provided. The method includes receiving an image containing the object. The method also includes generating the centerline of the object, by a processor, using a reinforcement learning network configured to predict movement of a virtual agent that traces the centerline in the image. The reinforcement learning network is further configured to perform at least one auxiliary task that detects a bifurcation in a trajectory of the object. The reinforcement learning network is trained by maximizing a cumulative reward and minimizing an auxiliary loss of the at least one auxiliary task. Additionally, the method includes displaying the centerline of the object.

Abstract: A method includes determining whether at least one of a height or width of a residual coding block, that corresponds to a data block of an image, is greater than or equal to a threshold; and based on determining that the at least one of the height or width of the residual coding block is greater than or equal to the threshold: obtaining a reduced-complexity residual coding block based on the residual coding block and performing transform coding of the reduced-complexity residual coding block using a line graph transform (LGT) core to perform direct matrix multiplications for each of the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the reduced-complexity residual coding block, wherein the performing includes determining an order of performing horizontal and vertical transforms to the reduced-complexity residual coding block when zero-out is enabled on LGT, depending on a ratio of width to height of the residual coding block.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a control method based on a vertical synchronization signal and an electronic device, to shorten a response delay of the electronic device and improve fluency of the electronic device without increasing load of the electronic device. The method may include: drawing, by an electronic device including a display screen, one or more layers in response to a first vertical synchronization signal; refreshing and displaying an image frame in response to a second vertical synchronization signal; adjusting the first vertical synchronization signal, so that the adjusted first vertical synchronization signal is delayed by first delay time relative to the second vertical synchronization signal; and drawing one or more layers in response to the adjusted first vertical synchronization signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a medical device and a data management method therefor. The data management method includes: receiving an instruction for selecting a locking rule to determine a target locking rule, wherein the target locking rule is used for screening monitoring data so as to carry out locking; under the trigger of a first trigger condition, screening the monitoring data according to the target locking rule, and locking the screened monitoring data; and under the trigger of a second trigger condition, selectively deleting monitoring data that is not locked. An operator can selectively lock the monitoring data by selecting the locking rule, thereby avoiding the deletion of monitoring data needing to be retained, and facilitating the management of the monitoring data.