Abstract: The present application provides a long-wave infrared anti-reflection protective film on a ZnS substrate and a preparation method thereof, wherein the ZnS substrate long-wave infrared anti-reflection protective film comprises a ZnS film layer and a Y2O3 film layer sequentially arranged on the ZnS substrate. The ZnS substrate has a thickness of 2-15 mm, and the ZnS film layer has a thickness of 80-120 nm, the Y2O3 film layer has a thickness of 1000-1300 nm, and a film structure of Y2O3 layer gradually changes from an inside to a surface. The method for preparing a long-wave infrared anti-reflection protective film on a ZnS substrate comprises the following steps: 1) performing a polishing treatment and surface treatment on the ZnS substrate; 2) depositing a ZnS film layer on the ZnS substrate; 3) depositing a Y2O3 film layer on the ZnS film.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein are generally directed to an end-to-end trainable degradation restoration network (DRN) that enhances the ability of a super-resolution (SR) subnetwork to deal with noisy low-resolution images. An embodiment of a method includes estimating, by a noise estimator (NE) subnetwork of the DRN, an estimated noise map for a noisy input image; and predicting, by the SR subnetwork of the DRN, a clean upscaled image based on the input image and the noise map by, for each of multiple conditional residual dense blocks (CRDBs) stacked within one or more cascade blocks representing the SR subnetwork, adjusting, by a noise control layer of the CRDB that follows a stacked set of a multiple residual dense blocks of the CRDB, feature values of an intermediate feature map associated with the input image by applying (i) a scaling factor and (ii) an offset factor derived from the noise map.

Abstract: Embodiments of equalizers are disclosed. In an embodiment, an equalizer includes a first signal path segment that includes a first plurality of serially connected transistors and current sources, a second signal path segment that includes a second plurality of serially connected transistors and current sources, and at least one termination resistor connected to the first and second signal path segments. The first plurality of serially connected transistors and current sources includes a first current source and a second current source connectable to a reference voltage and a first transistor and a second transistor connected between input terminals of the equalizer and the first and second current sources, where the first signal path segment further includes at least one resistor connected between the first and second current sources.

Abstract: A video stream bitrate adjustment method includes: in response to a playback request initiated by a terminal, transmitting, through a transmission link, a video stream transcoded according to a first bitrate to the terminal; detecting a first network state of the transmission link, and in response to determining based on the first network state that a bitrate adjustment is required, determining a second bitrate to be adjusted to, and performing multiple progressive adjustments, in a direction toward the second bitrate, on redundancy of video frames in the video stream transcoded according to the first bitrate; and acquiring second network states of the transmission link during the multiple progressive adjustments, and in a case that the second network states meet a network smoothness condition, transmitting a video stream transcoded according to the second bitrate to the terminal.

Abstract: A device for urinalysis in a bowl of a toilet is provided. In one aspect, the device includes a cassette including a dipstick on a roll. The dipstick has a sequence of sensing area and non-sensing area on the roll. The device includes a control unit operatively coupled to the cassette. The control unit is configured to automatically feed the sensing area of the dipstick to a predetermined location so that urine flows over the sensing area of the dipstick to induce a reaction on the sensing area. The device includes a sensor unit configured to measure the at least one value of the sensing area that reacted with the urine, and transmit the measured at least one value to an external device.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, in a first control resource set or a second control resource set, first signaling from the network device, and adjusting the second control resource set based on the first signaling, where the first signaling indicates a quantity of symbols occupied by the second control resource set. Signaling that indicates a quantity of symbols of a CORESET is sent in a control resource set (for example, the first control resource set or the second control resource set). This helps implement flexible indication of a CORESET resource, so that a service requirement can be more quickly matched, and user experience can be improved.

Abstract: A load access detection method, a switch circuit, and a battery management system, relating to the field of circuit technology. The load access detection method includes: detecting a voltage at a first detection point; detecting a voltage at a second detection point; if a voltage difference between the voltage at the first detection point and the voltage at the second detection point is less than or equal to a preset voltage threshold, controlling a switch circuit to enter a pre-charging mode, and pre-charging a load capacitor in the load circuit through the battery pack, where a charging current of the switch circuit in the pre-charging mode is less than a charging current of the switch circuit in a charging mode.

Abstract: A common CORESET determining method, an apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: receiving configuration information, wherein the configuration information indicates where a physical resource block occupied by a first common control resource set is located in a first downlink bandwidth part; determining a frequency domain resource of the first common control resource set based on a frequency domain resource of the first downlink bandwidth part and the physical resource block occupied by the first common control resource set within the first downlink bandwidth part; and monitoring a physical downlink control channel in the first common control resource set before the first downlink bandwidth part configured by a SIB1 takes effect to obtain scheduling control information. According to this application, complexity of determining a frequency domain location of the first control resource set can be reduced.

Abstract: A method includes determining a payload size of a first downlink control information (DCI) format that is the same as a payload size of a second DCI format. The first DCI format is for scheduling an uplink carrier and carries a first carrier indication and the second DCI format is for scheduling a downlink carrier and carries a second carrier indication. The first carrier indication is different from the second carrier indication. The method also includes monitoring DCI in the first DCI format.

Abstract: This application describes examples of a control information sending method, a control information receiving method, and a related communication apparatus. In one example, a terminal device receives first indication information before the terminal device being in a connected state. The first indication indicates a first time-frequency resource set, and the first time-frequency resource set and a second time-frequency resource set are used to transmit first control information. The terminal device receives the first control information on each of the first time-frequency resource set and the second time-frequency resource set before the terminal device being in the connected state.

Abstract: This application provides a control channel detection method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: A terminal device determines that resources of at least two candidate control channels overlap, where any two of the at least two candidate control channels are located in different search spaces; and the terminal device detects only at least one first candidate control channel in the at least two candidate control channels. This improves control channel detection reliability.

Abstract: A metal product includes a metal substrate, at least one first hole, at least one second hole, and at least one third hole. The first hole is formed in a surface of the metal substrate. The second hole is formed in at least one of a portion of the surface of the metal substrate without the first hole and an inner surface defining the first hole. The third hole is formed in at least one of a portion of the surface of the metal substrate without the first hole and without the second hole, a portion of the inner surface defining the first hole without the second hole, and an inner surface defining the second hole. The first, second, and third holes enhance a bonding strength between the metal product and a material product. The disclosure also provides a metal composite and a method for manufacturing the metal product.

Abstract: The present application discloses a surface treatment method of a polymer for 5G, belonging to the technical field of surface treatment of polymer. By injecting and adding the oxygen elements to the polymer, the polymer matrix elements and the injected atoms can form a blend structure, which can increase the surface roughness of the polymer, improve its bonding strength with the metal, and thus enhance its anti-peel strength. The surface treatment method of the application has the surface resistivity, surface roughness, water absorption and tensile properties of the polymer all considered. The equipment used in the invention has long service life and low cost, and can realize large-scale roll-to-roll production. The method can be popularized in polymer surface treatment.

Abstract: Embodiments of redrivers and resistive termination units for redrivers are disclosed. In an embodiment, a resistive termination unit for a redriver includes a resistor connected to an input/output terminal of the redriver, a first switch connected to the resistor and to a supply voltage of the redriver, a second switch connected to the first switch and configured to be turned on or off in response to a change in the supply voltage of the redriver, and a control circuit connected to the first switch through the second switch and configured to generate a control signal for the first switch.

Abstract: This application provides an example indication information transmission method. The method includes sending, by a network device, first indication information. The first indication information is used to indicate a time domain position at which second indication information is monitored. The method also includes sending, by the network device, the second indication information. The second indication information includes information about a channel occupancy time of the network device and/or slot format information of one or more slots corresponding to the channel occupancy time.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for logical-to-physical (L2P) mapping compression techniques are described. A memory system may use an L2P mapping to map logical addresses to physical addresses of the memory system. The L2P mapping may be a hierarchical L2P mapping divided into multiple levels or subsets that are used to identify a physical address corresponding to a logical address. The memory system may write data to a set of physical addresses that are consecutively indexed and may set a flag in an entry of a second-level of the L2P mapping (e.g., of a three-level L2P mapping) to indicate that the entry is associated with a starting physical address of the consecutively indexed physical addresses. The memory system may subsequently read the data starting at the starting physical address based on the flag (e.g., bypassing reading an entry of a lowest-level of the L2P mapping to determine the physical address).

Abstract: A control information sending/receiving method and device are provided, to implement indicating a time-frequency location of a control channel to a terminal device in a 5G NR system or a future evolved LTE system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, broadcast information; determining, from at least two predefined time-domain locations, a time-domain location of a broadcast channel carrying the broadcast information; determining a time-domain location of a control channel based on the time-domain location of the broadcast channel; and performing control channel detection in the determined time-domain location of the control channel.

Abstract: One example discloses a communications circuit, including: a buffer having a buffer input and a buffer output; wherein the buffer includes a first path and a second path; wherein the first path includes, a first resistor coupled to the buffer input; a second resistor coupled to the buffer output; a current source having a first end and a second end; wherein the first resistor and the second resistor are coupled to a mid-point; wherein the first end of the current source is coupled to the mid-point; and wherein the second path includes a capacitor having a first end coupled to the buffer input and a second end coupled to the buffer output.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing an environmentally-friendly high-strength wood composite material, which includes the following steps: S1. pulverizing wood into a wood flour, adding the wood flour to an acid solution to obtain a first mixture, ball milling the first mixture to obtain a ball milled mixture, and filtering the ball milled mixture, to obtain a dually-treated wood flour; S2. adding the dually-treated wood flour to a first alkaline solution, and performing a neutralization reaction, to obtain a second mixture; S3. adding an alkaline solution to the second mixture to remove part of lignin, to obtain a lignin-partially removed wood flour; S4. washing the lignin-partially removed wood flour with anhydrous ethanol and drying, to obtain a dried lignin-partially removed wood flour; S5. subjecting the dried lignin-partially removed wood flour to hot pressing, followed by cooling, to obtain the environmentally-friendly high-strength wood composite material.

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.