Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are memory devices which feature intelligent adjustments to SLC cache configurations that balances memory cell lifetime with performance. The size of the SLC cache can be adjusted during usage of the memory device based upon a write amplification (WA) metric of the memory device. In some examples, the size of the SLC cache can be adjusted during usage of the memory device based upon a write amplification (WA) metric of the memory device and a memory device logical saturation metric (percentage of valid user data written in the device of the total user size).

Abstract: A brake mode control system and a brake mode control method for a vehicle are disclosed. The brake mode control system comprises a user interface, a driving information sensor, a braking controller, and a brake mode control panel. The user interface is configured to receive a brake mode input by a driver, the driving information sensor is configured to sense driving information of the vehicle, the braking controller is configured to determine a driving state of the vehicle based on the driving information of the vehicle sensed by the driving information sensor and selectively change the brake mode received by the user interface according to the determined driving state of the vehicle to achieve a final brake mode, and the brake mode control panel is configured to generate a different braking feel according to a pedal action force required for a pedal stroke based on the final brake mode.

Abstract: A method for adapting an influenza virus to Vero cells is provided. The method comprises infecting Vero cells with the influenza virus, cultivating the infected Vero cells, harvesting influenza viruses of each passage, wherein infectious dose of the influenza viruses of one passage is greater than or equal to infectious dose of the influenza viruses of a previous passage. The present disclosure also relates to a composition. Said composition comprises polyriboinosinic acid-polyribocytidylic acid, at least one antibiotic or polyamide compound, at least one positive ion, influenza viruses and/or influenza antigens, wherein said influenza viruses and/or influenza antigens are acquired from Vero cell adapted influenza viruses.

Abstract: A packet processing method and device are provided, to save CPU resources consumed by parsing a packet. The method includes: parsing, by an intelligent network interface card, a received first packet to obtain an identifier of the first packet; updating, by the intelligent network interface card, a control field of a first memory buffer based on the identifier of the first packet; storing, by the intelligent network interface card, a payload of the first packet or a packet header and a payload of the first packet into the first address space through DMA based on an aggregation position of the first packet; aggregating, by a host, the first address information and at least one piece of second address information based on an updated control field in the first mbuf; and reading, by a virtual machine, address information, to obtain data in an address space indicated by the address information.

Abstract: One example discloses a level-shifter circuit, comprising: a pre-driver stage configured to receive differential inputs and generate differential pre-driver outputs; a first output stage coupled to receive the differential pre-driver outputs and generate a single-ended first stage output; a second output stage coupled to receive the differential pre-driver outputs and generate a single-ended second stage output; and wherein the first and second stage outputs together form a differential output.

Abstract: The present application is related to a novel coronavirus S protein double-region subunit nano-vaccine based on a bacterial complex. In the present invention, a receptor binding domain (RBD) and a fusion peptide (FP) of a virus are used together as double antigens, and are connected to a bacterial complex (such as PF_Ferritin or Lumazine Synthase (LS)) to form a fusion protein, so as to achieve antigen multimerization; and then expression is performed by using a eukaryotic cell expression system, and a 24-mer nano-antigen or a 60-mer nano-antigen can be formed by means of self-assembly action. The solution can overcome the defect of insufficient immunogenicity of an RBD monomer. The obtained vaccine can significantly increase the level of a neutralizing antibody against a virus in a host, and the resulting antibody has the capability of strongly blocking a virus from invading a target cell.

Abstract: A metal pole plate sealing structure for a fuel cell is disclosed, as well as a fuel cell using this structure. The metal pole plate sealing structure for a fuel cell includes a metal pole plate, a membrane electrode assembly and a sealing rubber body. The metal pole plate has a sealing rubber groove. The sealing rubber body is accommodated in the sealing rubber groove. The sealing rubber groove, the sealing rubber body and a frame of the membrane electrode assembly cooperate with each other to seal an internal space enclosed when the metal pole plate and the membrane electrode assembly are pressed together. An inner surface of the sealing rubber groove has a positioning unit which makes it easier to fix an installation position of the sealing rubber body in the sealing rubber groove.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide a method and system for management and resolution of a blockchain-based top-level domain. The method comprises: a master node receiving request information for operations on top-level domain resource record from a requesting node, and encapsulating master node information and authenticated request information into a pre-preparation message; each normal node verifying the pre-preparation message, and after successful verification, generating a preparation message comprising request information, a request information verification identifier, and current node information; each node verifying the preparation message, when the number of authenticated preparation message sending nodes reaches a consensus threshold, adding an operation result corresponding to the request information to a new block in a local blockchain.

Abstract: A method includes: performing a first diamond search according to an initial point determined from points in a search window, a search step size being incremented by ith power of 2, i being a natural number, 0?i?N; and performing the following first processing: acquiring an updated initial point and an optimization range, the optimization range being less than 2N; performing a second diamond search according to the initial point, wherein, prior to a search with a search step size larger than the optimization range, if it is determined that an ending condition is met, the diamond search is ended and a corresponding second optimal point is determined; and determining a required optimal motion vector according to the second optimal point if the second optimal point meets a predetermined requirement, and otherwise, repeating the first processing.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a receiver, including: a first bias circuit configured to bias a first and second transistor based upon an bias enable signal and a receive enable signal; a first node between the first transistor and a third transistor; a second node between the second transistor and a fourth transistor; and a second bias circuit configured to bias the first node and the second node based upon the bias enable signal, wherein the third transistor is connected to a first differential output and the gate of the third transistor is connected to a first differential input, and wherein the fourth transistor is connected to a second differential output and the gate of the fourth transistor is connected to a second differential input.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a Helicobacter pylori ferritin-based novel coronavirus S protein double-region subunit nanovaccine. According to the present invention, both a receptor binding domain (RBD) and a fusion peptide (FP) of a virus are taken as double antigens and are connected with a Helicobacter pylori multimeric protein (HP_Ferritin) to form a fusion protein RBD-FP-HP_Ferritin, so that antigen multimerization is realized; and an eukaryotic cell expression system is then utilized for expression, so as to form a 24-mer nano-antigen by means of the self-assembly action of the HP_Ferritin. According to the solution, the defect that RBD monomers are insufficient in immunogenicity can be overcome; the obtained vaccine can remarkably improve the level of neutralizing antibodies of a host to viruses; and the generated antibodies have the capacity to strongly prevent the viruses from invading target cells.

Abstract: Apparatuses include (among other components) a first gain device connected to receive an initial voltage, a second gain device in series with the first gain device and connected to receive output of the first gain device, differential gain devices connected to receive outputs from the first gain device and the second gain device (the differential gain devices provide opposite voltage outputs from the apparatus) and high-frequency compensation feed-forward paths connected to the first gain device and the second gain device.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a transmit driver circuit, including: a first node connected to a first differential output; a first transistor connected in series with a first resistor, wherein the series connected first transistor and first resistor are connected between a source voltage and the first node; a second transistor connected in series with a second resistor, wherein the series connected second transistor and second resistor are connected between the first node and a ground; a second node connected to a second differential output; a third transistor connected in series with a third resistor, wherein the series connected third transistor and third resistor are connected between the source voltage and the second node; a fourth transistor connected in series with a fourth resistor, wherein the series connected fourth transistor and fourth resistor are connected between the second node and the ground; a first differential input connected to the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the fourth tr

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a compressive sensing schedule generator configured to generate a plurality of compressive sensing schedules, wherein each of the plurality of compressive sensing schedules is for each of a plurality of frequency bands of a network, wherein the network comprises a plurality of access points and a plurality of clients, and a sensing matrix combiner configured to combine the plurality of compressive sensing schedules into a resulting schedule that comprises a spatial distribution and a scheduled time slot for each of the plurality of access points.

Abstract: Amplifier devices includes a first amplifier connected to receive an input voltage. The first amplifier outputs an internal voltage. These structures also include a second amplifier having an input node connected to receive the internal voltage and an output node outputting an output voltage. A resistive feedback loop is connected to the input node and the output node of the second amplifier. A first cross-coupled bandwidth boosting stage is connected to the input node of the second amplifier and a second cross-coupled bandwidth boosting stage connected to the output node of the second amplifier. The cross-coupled bandwidth boosting stages form a distributed differential positive feedback structure.

Abstract: A speech-processing system may provide access to one or more skills via spoken commands and/or responses in the form of synthesized speech. The system may be capable of keeping one or more skills active in the background while a user interacts (e.g., provides inputs to and/or receives outputs from) with a skill running in the foreground. A background skill may receive some trigger data, and determine to request the system to return the background skill to the foreground to, for example, request a user input regarding an action previously requested by the user. In some cases, the user may invoke a background skill to continue a previous interaction. The system may return the background skill to the foreground. The resumed skill may continue a previous interaction to, for example, to query the user for instructions, provide an update or alert, or continue a previous output.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for improving the accuracy of a location system. The location system can capture partial phase vector data from one or more access points (APs). The location system can capture associated data associated with the partial phase vector data across multiple dimensions, such as identity data of the APs and client devices generating the partial phase vector data and frequency band data, location data, a time and date, and other data associated with the partial phase vector data. The location system can determine correlation data across the multiple dimensions using the first partial phase vector data and the associated data. The location system can a cause of the partial phase vector data based on the correlation data. The location system can perform one or more remediation actions based on the cause of the partial phase vector data.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a skew detector circuit, including: a logic circuit having two inputs configured to generate a logic 1 output when the two inputs have a logic 0 value and generator a logic 0 output when the two input have a logic 1 value; a first level shifter configured to increase the output of the logic circuit to a higher voltage; a second level shifter configured to increase the output of the first level shifter to a higher voltage; and a voltage regulator configured to produce a first voltage for the logic circuit, a second voltage for the first level shifter, and a third voltage for the second level shift.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a case of a battery, a battery, a power consuming device, and a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a battery. The case may comprise: a cooling component, a liquid collection structure being arranged on the cooling component, and the liquid collection structure being configured to gather a condensate generated by the cooling component; and a first wall, a liquid storage structure being arranged on the first wall, the liquid storage structure being arranged corresponding to the liquid collection structure, and the liquid storage structure being configured to collect the condensate gathered by the liquid collection structure.

Abstract: This application provides a physical broadcast channel sending/receiving method and an apparatus. In the method, after receiving two broadcast channel signals on two corresponding physical broadcast channels at two time-frequency resource locations, the terminal device determines that information other than an offset of a corresponding time-frequency resource location is the same in two pieces of broadcast information carried in the two broadcast channel signals, obtains a time offset difference between the foregoing two time-frequency resource locations, and generates a scrambling sequence based on the time offset difference; and the terminal device separately descrambles the two broadcast channel signals based on the scrambling sequence and a preset scrambling sequence, thereby implementing joint decoding on the two broadcast channel signals, to obtain one piece of broadcast information.