Abstract: In certain aspects of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a system for foveated rendering of omnidirectional media content are provided. The method includes receiving a request to access a stream of media data associated with the omnidirectional media content at a point in time the client is accessing the stream of media data for foveated rendering of the omnidirectional media content; determining an initial portion of media data, starting from the point in time the client requests to access, for foveated rendering of the omnidirectional media content for delivery to a client device; and transmitting, in response to the request, the initial portion of media data. The initial portion of media data comprises a portion of the omnidirectional media content for a viewport that is foveated rendered or to be displayed using foveated rendering on the client device according to the request.

Abstract: A container kernel upgrade based on a programmable container kernel, includes, in response to receiving a container kernel upgrade request, freezing an application container in which a to-be-upgraded first container kernel is located. Current container status data of an application container including first container kernel status data and application status data is stored. The application container is restarted by using a second container kernel used for upgrading a container kernel, where restarted container status data of the restarted application container includes second container kernel status data corresponding to the second container kernel when the application container is restarted. Using the stored current container status data, a corresponding data field is updated in a data structure of the restarted container status data.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for model training performed by a processing system. The method comprises determining a set of first weights based on a first matrix associated with a source model, determining a set of second weights based on the set of first weights, forming a second matrix associated with a target model based on the set of first weights and the set of second weights, initializing the target model based on the second matrix, and training the target model.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a core-shell coaxial gallium nitride (GaN) piezoelectric nanogenerator is provided. A mask covering a center part of a gallium nitride wafer is removed. An electrodeless photoelectrochemical etching is performed on the gallium nitride wafer to form a primary GaN nanowire array on a surface of the gallium nitride wafer. A precious metal layer provided on the surface of the gallium nitride wafer is removed and an alumina layer is deposited on the surface of the gallium nitride wafer to cover the primary GaN nanowire array to obtain a core-shell coaxial GaN nanowire array. A first conductive layer is provided on a flexible substrate to which the core-shell coaxial GaN nanowire array is transferred. A second conductive layer is provided at a top end of the core-shell coaxial GaN nanowire array, and is connected to an external circuit to obtain the core-shell coaxial GaN piezoelectric nanogenerator.

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

Abstract: Antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind C1s and inhibit C1s activity and modulate the activity of at least one component in the classical pathway (CP) of complement activation, and methods for treating complement-mediated disorders using anti-C1s antibodies and fragments, are provided.

Abstract: A dimensionless kinematics calibration method based on a virtual point and a related apparatus thereof. The method comprises: establishing a kinematics model of a motion mechanism, and arranging a plurality of virtual points at a tail end of the motion mechanism to establish a dimensionless kinematics model and a dimensionless error model; converting a measurement coordinate system into a motion mechanism coordinate system, acquiring a rotation matrix and a translation matrix of a target virtual point measured by the measurement device, and calculating actual coordinates of all virtual points to obtain a measured value of the dimensionless kinematics model; calculating a theoretical value of the dimensionless kinematics model according to a spatial relationship between a reflecting head and the tail end of the motion mechanism; and optimizing the dimensionless error model according to the measured value and the theoretical value to obtain a calibration result.

Abstract: A low-cost modular liquid nitrogen low-temperature multi-nuclear magnetic resonance probe includes a Dewar, a pluggable coil and a front-end gain amplifier. The Dewar includes a cylindrical sandwich chamber, the center of the cylindrical sandwich chamber constitutes a room-temperature chamber, a sandwich of the cylindrical sandwich chamber is divided into a vacuum chamber and a liquid nitrogen chamber by a liquid nitrogen vessel wall, the vacuum chamber is located between the room-temperature chamber and the liquid nitrogen chamber, the pluggable coil and the front-end gain amplifier are provided in the vacuum chamber, the pluggable coil comprises a coil portion and a pluggable base, the coil portion is in pluggable connection with the pluggable base, and the pluggable coil is connected with the front-end gain amplifier. The probe realizes the transmission of radio frequency pulses and the reception of magnetic resonance signals, and is applicable to whole-body imaging of a small animal.

Abstract: A method executable by an autonomous mobile device includes moving in a work environment, obtaining environmental data acquired by a sensing device, and determining whether the sensing device is in a suspected ineffective state based on the environmental data. The method also includes based on a determination that the sensing device is in the suspected ineffective state, rotating at a same location for a first predetermined spin angle. The method also includes obtaining an estimated rotation angle based on one or more motion parameters acquired by a dead reckoning sensor, comparing the estimated rotation angle with the first predetermined spin angle, and based on a determination that a difference between the estimated rotation angle and the first predetermined spin angle is greater than a first predetermined threshold value, executing escape instructions to move backwardly for a first predetermined distance and move along a curve or a folded line.

Abstract: The present application can provide an uplink transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: a base station instructs a UE to send SRSs corresponding to N groups of SRS resources, each of the N groups of SRS resources comprising one or more SRS resources; N being a positive integer; the base station receives the SRSs sent by the UE to determine X groups of uplink scheduling information, each of the X groups of uplink scheduling information corresponding to one group of SRS resources in the N groups of SRS resources; uplink scheduling information in different groups corresponding to SRS resources in different groups; X being a positive integer greater than one and not greater than N; the base station sends the determined X groups of uplink scheduling information to the UE so that the UE transmits an uplink signal according to the X groups of uplink scheduling information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic device, communication method and storage medium in a wireless communication system. An electronic device on control device side is provided, the electronic device comprises a processing circuitry configured to: group a plurality of terminal devices based on data configuration characteristics of the plurality of terminal devices; determine a contention window for each group; and notify each of the plurality of terminal devices of the contention window associated therewith, such that each of the terminal devices is able to perform data transmission within the respective contention window in a contention-based manner.

Abstract: A genome-specific gene sequence fragment of female Acipenser Dabryanus and a method for identifying the sex of Acipenser Dabryanus are disclosed. The gene sequence fragment of Acipenser Dabryanus is used to identify the sex of Acipenser Dabryanus. The method includes: performing PCR amplification on the DNA of the Acipenser Dabryanus to be tested, and judging that the Acipenser Dabryanus to be tested is female when a resultant product from the amplification shows 3 bands on an agarose gel and the Acipenser Dabryanus to be tested is male when a resultant product from the amplification shows 2 bands on an agarose gel, alternatively, judging that the Acipenser Dabryanus to be tested is female when a resultant fragment from the amplification has a 1402 bp band and it is male if there is no 1402 bp band. The gene sequence fragment is used to quickly and efficiently identify the sex of Acipenser Dabryanus.

Abstract: A video generating method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: acquiring current input data of a camera including audio input data and/or image input data; determining an icon to be rendered based on the current input data; rendering the icon to be rendered on a target capturing picture to obtain a capturing effect picture; and generating a target video based on the capturing effect picture. The audio input data includes a preset duration of continuous audio frame data with a current input audio frame of the camera as an ending frame, and the image input data includes a preset number of continuous video frame pictures with a current capturing picture of the camera as the ending frame. The target capturing picture includes the preset number of continuous video frame pictures with the current capturing picture of the camera as a starting frame.

Abstract: A method for determining a road type includes measuring, for a preset period, a magnetic field of an environment in which an electronic device is located to obtain a plurality of magnetic field values, calculating an absolute value of a difference between every two adjacent magnetic field values among the magnetic field values sorted in chronological order, calculating an average of the absolute values related to the magnetic field values to serve as a variation value for the environment, determining whether the variation value is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, determining that the environment is a surface road when the determination result is affirmative, and determining that the environment is a non-surface road when the determination result is negative.

Abstract: The present application relates to a current collector, an electrode plate, a battery cell, a battery, and an electric device. The current collector includes a stainless steel current-collecting portion for collecting a current, where the stainless steel current-collecting portion includes a blank area and a coating area that are arranged adjacent to each other in a preset direction, the coating area is configured to be coated with an active material, and the blank area has a hardness less than that of the coating area.

Abstract: A multi-procedure integrated automatic production line for hard alloy blades under robot control is provided. The production line includes a rail-guided robot. A cutter passivation device and a blade cleaning and drying device are arranged on one side of the rail-guided robot. A blade-coating transfer table, a blade coating device, a blade boxing transfer table, a blade-tooling dismounting device and a blade boxing device are sequentially arranged on another side of the rail-guided robot. The blade-tooling dismounting device is arranged on one side of the blade boxing transfer table. The production line further includes squirrel-cage toolings for carrying the blades. The squirrel-cage tooling that are loaded with the blades can run among the cutter passivation device, the blade cleaning and drying device, the blade-coating transfer table and the blade boxing transfer table. The blades after being treated through the blade-tooling dismounting device are sent to the blade boxing device.

Abstract: A method for transmitting an application programming interface API request includes receiving, by a first API gateway, a first API request; obtaining, by the first API gateway, a first forwarding label corresponding to the first API request, where the first forwarding label includes a first target security domain identifier, and a security domain identifier of the first API gateway is different from the first target security domain identifier. The method also includes determining an address of a second API gateway according to a mapping relationship between the first target security domain identifier and the address of the second API gateway. The method additionally includes sending the first API request to the second API gateway based on the address which is a next-hop API gateway of the first API gateway that sends the first API request to an API gateway corresponding to the first target security domain identifier.

Abstract: Application of glutamate dehydrogenase GdhA of Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus in increasing the yield of poly-?-glutamic acid from Bacillus licheniformis. The glutamate dehydrogenase GdhA of the Bacillus licheniformis WX-02 per se is replaced with the glutamate dehydrogenase derived from the Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus by means of homologous recombination, which significantly increases the level of synthesizing the poly-?-glutamic acid for the Bacillus licheniformis, and the yield of the obtained poly-?-glutamic acid from strains is increased at least by more than 20% compared with control strains.

Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to encode and/or decode video data. Immersive media data includes a first patch track comprising first encoded immersive media data that corresponds to a first spatial portion of immersive media content, a second patch track comprising second encoded immersive media data that corresponds to a second spatial portion of the immersive media content that is different than the first spatial portion, an elementary data track comprising first immersive media elementary data, wherein the first patch track and/or the second patch track reference the elementary data track, and grouping data that specifies a spatial relationship between the first patch track and the second patch track. An encoding and/or decoding operation is performed based on the first patch track, the second patch track, the elementary data track and the grouping data to generate decoded immersive media data.

Abstract: Examples of phase-change arrays, phase-change memories, and electronic devices are described. In one example, a phase-change storage array includes a number of phase-change storage units, each of which includes a phase-change thin film. The phase-change thin film includes a phase-change material layer and a heterojunction layer, and the phase-change material layer is in contact with the heterojunction layer. The phase-change material layer is formed by using a phase-change material, and the heterojunction layer is formed by using a heterojunction material. A lattice mismatch degree between the heterojunction material and the phase-change material is less than or equal to 20%, a contact crystal surface of the heterojunction material and a contact crystal surface of the phase-change material have a same lattice angle, and a melting point of the heterojunction material is greater than a melting point of the phase-change material.