Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of robots, and discloses a robot control method based on a physical engine. The method includes: obtaining the current first resultant force to which a robot is subjected and the current second resultant force to which a virtual object in a virtual environment constructed by a physical engine is subjected; determining the current motion information corresponding to the current first resultant force and the current second resultant force according to the corresponding relationship between the force and the motion information; wherein the current second resultant force is determined by the physical engine according to the previous motion information corresponding to the previous first resultant force of the robot and the previous second resultant force of the virtual object, and the current motion information enables the current first resultant force and the current second resultant force to tend to be synchronized.

Abstract: In a method for in-situ U-Pb dating of heterogeneous minerals, a target mineral is separated and purified by carrying out data analysis, extraction and enhancement on original mapping data. The method highlights distribution features of dating indexes (U content, Pb content, Pb206/U238 ratio, Pb207/U235 ratio and Th/U ratio) in a target mineral phase with a noise data processing technology, and more intuitively displays a favorable dating portion and a crystal growth change trend of the dating mineral. Further, a fine spot design is provided for high-precision dating analysis in a later stage. A plurality of geological events experienced by a heterogeneous mineral crystal in a growth process is accurately limited, so as to invert the mineral formation history which provides the basis for better study of mineralogy, mineral geochemistry and mineral geochronology. It is hence a novel indispensable auxiliary means of mineral geochronology and an auxiliary method for mineral exploration.

Abstract: A piston having a chamber and a barrel disposed in and that may translocate within the chamber. The barrel includes a terminal end having a seal, and the seal has an annular ring having a first wall and a second wall, the second wall is orthogonal to and extends from the first wall such that a first portion of the first wall protrudes away from the second wall in a first direction and a second portion of the first wall protrudes away from the second wall in a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds, compositions, and methods of use thereof in the sequencing a nucleic acid.

Abstract: A method for producing one or more hydroxide solids includes providing a catholyte comprising an electrolyte solution; contacting the catholyte with an electroactive mesh cathode to electrolytically generate hydroxide ions, thereby precipitating the one or more hydroxide solid(s); and removing the one or more hydroxide solids from the surface of the mesh where they may deposit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility to degrade (and inhibit) Androgen Receptor. In particular, the present invention is directed to compounds, which contain on one end a VHL ligand which binds to the ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds Androgen Receptor such that Androgen Receptor is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of Androgen Receptor. The present invention exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with compounds according to the present invention, consistent with the degradation/inhibition of Androgen Receptor.

Abstract: A pacemaker has a housing and a therapy delivery circuit enclosed by the housing for generating pacing pulses for delivery to a patient's heart. An electrically insulative distal member is coupled directly to the housing and at least one non-tissue piercing cathode electrode is coupled directly to the insulative distal member. A tissue piercing electrode extends away from the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for manually starting routes. A route management system provides for accessing a route tracking report associated with a vehicle to identify a plurality of routes associated with the vehicle; generating, for display, a first route identifier associated with a first route and a second route identifier associated with a second route, the first route being in an active route state and the second route being in a scheduled route state; receiving a request to manually start the second route associated with the second route identifier; and in response to receiving the request, transitioning the second route from the scheduled route state to the active route state to begin tracking a first set of stops associated with the second route instead of a second set of stops associated with the first route.

Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicles to communicate with people outside the vehicle. In particular, a two-way communication system is provided including exterior microphone arrays on the vehicle. Calls performed from the exterior of a vehicle can be difficult to implement with acceptable quality in noisy environments. A pipeline having multiple beamformers is provided to improve call quality, where the pipeline operates on the incoming data for each of the microphone arrays. Each beamformer estimates direction of arrival (DOA) of the speech signal, and utilizes the estimated DOA to generate spatial filtering coefficients to filter the signal. A beamformer can be used to generate a one channel output for each microphone array, and a mixer can be used to mix the signal output from each microphone array. The beamformer enables reliable two-way communication with acceptable listening quality and good intelligibility for the remote assistant listening to the captured signal.

Abstract: A control method includes controlling a gimbal to send attitude information of an arm assembly of the gimbal to a load device carried by the arm assembly to allow the load device to adjust a display interface direction of the load device according to the attitude information of the arm assembly.

Abstract: A fixation mechanism of an implantable medical device is formed by a plurality of tines fixedly mounted around a perimeter of a distal end of the device. Each tine may be said to include a first segment fixedly attached to the device, a second segment extending from the first segment, and a third segment, to which the second segment extends. When the device is loaded in a lumen of a delivery tool and a rounded free distal end of each tine engages a sidewall that defines the lumen, to hold the tines in a spring-loaded condition, the first segment of each tine, which has a spring-biased pre-formed curvature, becomes relatively straightened, and the third segment of each tine, which is terminated by the free distal end, extends away from the axis of the device at an acute angle in a range from about 45 degrees to about 75 degrees.

Abstract: A method, system and device for implanting an electrode assembly of an implantable medical device in a patient's heart. Positioning one or more radiopaque markers in a coronary sinus of the patient's heart. Positioning, by using the one or more positioned radiopaque markers as a fluoroscopic visual reference, a distal tip of a delivery catheter within a right atrium of the patient's heart so that a distal opening of a lumen of the catheter is against a septal wall of the heart at a location between the ostium of the coronary sinus and the A-V nodal area of the right atrium, and so that the tip of the catheter is generally directed toward a left ventricle of the patient's heart. Advancing the electrode assembly through the lumen of the catheter and into the septal wall.

Abstract: A floor-standing air-conditioning indoor unit and an air conditioner are provided. The indoor unit has a housing, a top air outlet frame, a fan assembly and a driving device. The housing has an air inlet and a mounting port with an upward opening. An air duct is formed between the air inlet and the mounting port. The top air outlet frame is installed at the mounting port and movable up and down. The fan assembly is installed in the air duct and blows airflow to a lower port of the top air outlet frame and out from a front port of the top air outlet frame. The driving device has a driving member and a motion conversion member connected with the top air outlet frame. The driving member drives the motion conversion member to move along the first direction to move the top air outlet frame up and down.

Abstract: Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds, compositions, and methods of use thereof in the sequencing a nucleic acid.

Abstract: Techniques for determining trajectories for a plurality of wells while avoiding collision between wells are presented. The techniques can include determining a zone of uncertainty for individual wells of the plurality of wells, determining a minimum separation factor for individual wells of the plurality of wells, determining a gradient of a separation factor for at least one pair of wells of the plurality of pairs of wells, updating a nudge position for at least one well, and providing nudge positions for the individual wells of the plurality of wells.

Abstract: A mattress includes a wrapping body provided with a plurality of cavities independently set with each other. A first filling material arranged in each cavity. A second filling material arranged in each cavity. The first filling material and the second filling material are different materials. Through the above structure, the mattress of present disclosure is filled with at least two different types of filling materials, as compared to the mattresses on the market filled with a single type of material, which two different materials of present disclosure would provide both fully usability of the individual characteristics of each material and combining advantages brought by different materials. For example, combining materials with flexibility and elasticity properties for the filling can provide both a soft feel and a sufficient elastic support. A mattress filled with a combination of two types of materials can improve the user's sleep experience.

Abstract: A method including transmitting an intensity-modulated light through a mode conditioner to generate a mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light in one or a plurality of launch conditions and transmitting the mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light through a multimode optical fiber under test (FUT) to excite a plurality of modes of the FUT. The method further includes converting the mode-conditioned intensity-modulated light transmitted through the FUT into an electrical signal, measuring, based on the electrical signal, a complex transfer function CTF(f) of the FUT, and obtaining an output pulse based on the measured complex transfer function CTF(f) from one or a plurality of launch conditions and an assumed input pulse using the equation: Pout(t)=?1(CTF(ƒ)*(Pin(t))). Wherein, Pout(t) is the output pulse, ?1(CTF(ƒ)*(Pin(t))) is the inverse Fourier transform of the function CTF(f)*(Pin(t)), and (Pin(t)) is the Fourier transform of the assumed input pulse.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base mounted to the upright handle assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned. The surface cleaning apparatus is further provided with a fluid delivery system comprising a fluid dispenser configured to dispense fluid to a brushroll and at least one fluid delivery channel forming a portion of a fluid delivery pathway. The fluid delivery channel can extend adjacent to a portion of the suction nozzle assembly. An interference wiper interfaces with a portion of the brushroll to remove excess liquid from the brushroll.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a flame retardant composition comprises 60 to 95 wt % of a polycarbonate: a poly siloxane comprising a repeat unit of the formula (7): wherein the composition comprises 0.5 to 2 wt % of the repeat unit of the formula (7) of the polysiloxane: wherein the polysiloxane is free of one or both of a vinyl graft and repeat units derived from a vinyl monomer: 9 to 18 wt % of talc: 5 to 15 wt % of a phosphorus containing flame retardant: 0 to 1 wt % of a phosphite stabilizer; and 0.1 to 2 wt % of an anti-drip agent.