Abstract: An aerosol-generating device comprises an infrared emitter and an electric core for supplying power to the infrared emitter; the infrared emitter comprises at least one first infrared emission region and at least one second infrared emission region arranged in sequence along the circumferential direction of the chamber; the first infrared emission region and the second infrared emission region are independently activatable to independently radiate infrared rays into the chamber to heat different portions of the smokable material. In the above aerosol-generating device, the regions of the smokable material receiving chamber which are different along the circumferential direction correspond to the first infrared emission region and the second infrared emission region, respectively, and can be independently heated by the first infrared emission region and the second infrared emission region, respectively, in use, so that the smokable material can be gradually heated from part to whole in use.

Abstract: Techniques described herein enable respective (different) types of metal silicide layers to be formed for p-type source/drain regions and n-type source/drain regions in a selective manner. For example, a p-type metal silicide layer may be selectively formed over a p-type source/drain region (e.g., such that the p-type metal silicide layer is not formed over the n-type source/drain region) and an n-type metal silicide layer may be formed over the n-type source/drain region (which may be selective or non-selective). This provides a low Schottky barrier height between the p-type metal silicide layer and the p-type source/drain region, as well as a low Schottky barrier height between the n-type metal silicide layer and the n-type source/drain region. This reduces the contact resistance for both p-type source/drain regions and n-type source/drain regions.

Abstract: A battery pack and a vehicle are provided. The battery pack is fixed to the vehicle and is configured to provide electric energy for the vehicle. The battery pack includes a cell array. The cell array includes at least one cell. The cell includes electrode terminals for leading out current. A first direction is defined as a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle. The electrode terminals are oriented parallel to the first direction.

Abstract: An integration system for a system of platforms includes an orchestration platform, a blockchain transactional platform, a digital transactional platform, a merchant system, a user trust platform, and one or more user devices connected to each other and a distributed ledger and/or a secondary mesh network via one or more networks. The blockchain transactional platform performs accesses and performs actions on the distributed ledger and/or the secondary mesh network. The digital transactional platform maintains transactional data indicative of an amount of first-domain value correlated to a user. The blockchain transactional platform maintains blockchain transactional data indicative of an amount of second-domain value correlated to the user. The orchestration platform manages data exchange, synthesis, fusion, analysis, and transformation between the components of the system, including the orchestration of variable lending rate terms using cryptocurrency collateral.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for predicting gaze and awareness using a neural network model. One of the methods includes obtaining sensor data (i) that is captured by one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle and (ii) that characterizes an agent that is in a vicinity of the autonomous vehicle in an environment at a current time point. The sensor data is processed using a gaze prediction neural network to generate a gaze prediction that predicts a gaze of the agent at the current time point. The gaze prediction neural network includes an embedding subnetwork that is configured to process the sensor data to generate an embedding characterizing the agent, and a gaze subnetwork that is configured to process the embedding to generate the gaze prediction.

Abstract: An animal irradiation system includes a radioactive source and an irradiation fixing apparatus having irradiated bodies. The radioactive source includes a beam outlet having a first central axis. Radioactive rays generated by the radioactive source exit from the beam outlet and irradiate the irradiated bodies. The radioactive rays define a main axis around the first central axis. The irradiation fixing apparatus includes a box body, which is divided into multiple accommodating chambers around a second central axis. Each accommodating chamber accommodates an irradiated body. Multiple first irradiation holes corresponding to the accommodating chambers are formed on the box body. The radioactive rays pass through the first irradiation holes and then irradiate the irradiated bodies. A maximum distance from an inner wall of each first irradiation hole to the first central axis is less than a minimum distance from an inner wall of the beam outlet to the first central axis.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable medium for improving communication efficiency are provided. An example method may include receiving, from a network entity via MAC-CE, a mapping between a PUCCH spatial relation information and a plurality of PUCCH resources associated with one or more CCs. The example method may further include transmitting a PUCCH to the network entity based on the mapping.

Abstract: An integration system for a system of platforms includes an orchestration platform, a blockchain transactional platform, a digital transactional platform, a merchant system, a user trust platform, and one or more user devices connected to each other and a distributed ledger and/or a secondary mesh network via one or more networks. The blockchain transactional platform performs accesses and performs actions on the distributed ledger and/or the secondary mesh network. The digital transactional platform maintains transactional data indicative of an amount of first-domain value correlated to a user. The blockchain transactional platform maintains blockchain transactional data indicative of an amount of second-domain value correlated to the user. The orchestration platform manages data exchange, synthesis, fusion, analysis, and transformation between the components of the system, including the orchestration of lending terms using cryptocurrency collateral.

Abstract: An integration system for a system of platforms includes an orchestration platform, a blockchain transactional platform, a digital transactional platform, a merchant system, a user trust platform, and one or more user devices connected to each other and a distributed ledger and/or a secondary mesh network via one or more networks. The blockchain transactional platform performs accesses and performs actions on the distributed ledger and/or the secondary mesh network. The digital transactional platform maintains transactional data indicative of an amount of first-domain value correlated to a user. The blockchain transactional platform maintains blockchain transactional data indicative of an amount of second-domain value correlated to the user. The orchestration platform manages data exchange, synthesis, fusion, analysis, and transformation between the components of the system, including the orchestration of lending rate terms using cryptocurrency collateral and shared yield.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for video encoding, comprising: receiving a video sequence; encoding the video sequence by using control flags for luma mapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) at a sequence level, a picture level, or a slice level, wherein the sequence level, the picture level, and the slice level are levels ranking from high to low; signaling a first control flag indicating whether the LMCS is enabled at a first level; and in response to the first control flag indicating the LMCS is enabled at the first level, signaling a second control flag indicating whether LMCS is enabled at a second level, wherein: the LMCS is enabled at the second level when a value of the second control flag equals to 1; the LMCS is disabled at the second level when the value of the second control flag equals to 0; and the second level is a lower level than the first level.

Abstract: The present application provides a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and support posts. Each of the support posts includes a support post body and an expandable auxiliary pad. In a first state, the auxiliary pad is in a non-expanded state, and in a second state, the auxiliary pad is in an expanded state. This compensates for a height difference caused by the support post body which cannot be restored after being compressed by an external force and relieves a problem of appearance of Mura in the liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit signaling to a first network entity indicating a location of the UE and a measured reference signal receive power (RSRP). The UE may receive an indication of a time division duplex (TDD) configuration and a slot format indicator (SFI) for communications between the UE and the first network entity based on the RSRP or location. In some cases, the first network entity may receive signaling indicating a set of resource configurations from a second network entity. The first network entity may select a resource configuration (e.g., for communications with the UE) from the set based on a measured RSRP indicated by the UE or a location of the UE. The UE and the base station (e.g., the wireless device and the first network entity) may communicate according to the indicated or selected resource configurations.

Abstract: An integration system for a system of platforms includes an orchestration platform, a blockchain transactional platform, a digital transactional platform, a merchant system, a user trust platform, and one or more user devices connected to each other and a distributed ledger and/or a secondary mesh network via one or more networks. The blockchain transactional platform performs accesses and performs actions on the distributed ledger and/or the secondary mesh network. The digital transactional platform maintains transactional data indicative of an amount of first-domain value correlated to a user. The blockchain transactional platform maintains blockchain transactional data indicative of an amount of second-domain value correlated to the user. The orchestration platform manages data exchange, synthesis, fusion, analysis, and transformation between the components of the system, including the orchestration of lending terms using currency usage patterns.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating phase jump estimation for SL DMRS bundling are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving, from another device, first information at a first symbol of a first slot, the first slot including at least the first symbol and a first reference signal. The example method also includes receiving second information at a second symbol of a second slot, the second slot including at least the second symbol and a second reference signal, the first information and the second information being repetitions. The example method also includes generating a first reference signal copy based at least on the second reference signal and a phase jump between the first slot and the second slot. Additionally, the example method includes performing channel estimation across the first slot and the second slot based on an aggregation of the first reference signal and the first reference signal copy.

Abstract: A display device includes a backlight module; a display module located on a light exiting side of the backlight module; and a housing accommodating the backlight module and the display module. The display module includes a display panel including an array substrate and a color film substrate arranged opposite to each other. The color film substrate is located between the array substrate and the backlight module. A first polarizer located on one side of the array substrate away from the color film substrate. A manufacturing method of a display device is also provided.

Abstract: A cell, a battery pack, and an electric vehicle are provided in the present disclosure. The cell includes a hermetical metal housing and at least two hermetical accommodating cavities, multiple electrode core assemblies, and an encapsulation film arranged in the metal housing. The electrode core assemblies are arranged along a first direction. The electrode core assemblies are connected in series. A length of each electrode core assembly extends along the first direction. The electrode core assembly includes an electrode core assembly body and a first electrode and a second electrode configured to lead out a current. The first electrode and the second electrode are respectively arranged on two sides of the electrode core assembly body along the first direction. At least one of the accommodating cavities is defined by the encapsulation film, and the electrode core assembly body is arranged in the accommodating cavity. A length of the cell extends along the first direction.

Abstract: A process for producing syngas that uses the syngas product from a partial oxidation reactor to provide all necessary heating duties, which eliminates the need for a fired heater. Soot is removed from the syngas using a dry filter to avoid a wet scrubber quenching the syngas stream and wasting the high-quality heat. Without the flue gas stream leaving a fired heater, all of the carbon dioxide produced by the reforming process is concentrated in the high-pressure syngas stream, allowing essentially complete carbon dioxide capture.

Abstract: An automated drywalling system network that including one or more automated drywalling systems that each has a robotic arm. The automated drywalling system network can also include a computational planner that generates instructions for the one or more automated drywalling systems to perform two or more drywalling tasks associated with a target wall assembly. The two or more drywalling tasks can include a hanging task that includes hanging pieces of drywall on studs of the target wall assembly; a mudding task that includes applying joint compound to pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly; a sanding task that includes sanding joint compound applied to the pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly; and a painting task that includes painting sanded the joint compound applied to the pieces of drywall hung on studs of the target wall assembly.

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for executing tasks with unmanned vehicles is provided. The system includes an unmanned vehicle comprising: a chassis; a propulsion system configured to move the chassis; sensor(s) configured to sense features around the chassis; a memory storing feature reference data; a communication interface; and a processor configured to: receive, using the interface, a command having task data and a location associated with a given feature; control the propulsion system to move the chassis to the location; while the chassis is moving to the location, determine, using the sensor(s), that the given feature is detected based on the feature reference data; and, responsive to the given feature being detected, control the propulsion system to execute a task based on the task data.

Abstract: A method executed by a User Equipment (UE) supporting Multi-Radio Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) with a first cell group and a second cell group in a mobile communication system is provided. The UE configures a primary path to the first cell group and a secondary path to the second cell group for uplink transmissions in an MR-DC operation. The UE determines whether the primary path is inapplicable when performing the uplink transmissions on the primary path. The UE switches from the primary path to the secondary path to continue the uplink transmissions in response to the primary path being inapplicable.