Abstract: In the technical field of plant medicines, disclosed is the application of aloesin in the preparation of products for preventing or treating obesity. Research has found that aloesin can inhibit lipid accumulation, increase the expression of browning genes UCP1 and PRDM16 and transcription factor C-EBPa, increase the expression and release of specific factor adiponectin, and inhibit the release of non-specific factor IL-1?, indicating that aloesin can mediate the browning of 3T3-L1 adipocytes, and aloesin can be used to prepare products for preventing or treating obesity.

Abstract: Lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling is considered as an important component to industry sustainability. A massive number of LIBs in portable electronics, electric vehicles and grid storage will eventually end up in wastes, leading to serious economic and environmental problems. Hence, tremendous effort has been made to improve hydrometallurgical recycling process since it is the most promising option for handling end-of-life LIBs owing to its wide applicability, low cost and high productivity. Despite these advantages, some extra elements (Al, Fe, C, F, etc.) remain as impurities in the removal process and remain in the solution, presenting a challenge to obtaining high-quality cathode material. This approach demonstrates the improved electrochemical performance by adding potential impurities in the leaching solution.

Abstract: Technologies for providing real-time visualizations of a behavior of an autonomous vehicle (AV) associated with a ride request. In some examples, a method for providing real-time visualizations of a behavior of an AV associated with a ride request can include receiving a user request for a ride from an AV, wherein the user request specifies a pick-up location associated with a user; receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the AV; determining, based on the sensor data, a state and context of the AV while the AV is en route to the pick-up location; and presenting, at a display interface, a map depicting one or more visual indicators of the state and context of the AV, the state and context of the AV including a location of the AV and one or more AV operations.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless earset including a housing, and a first antenna, a second antenna, a switching circuit, and a control circuit disposed in the housing. There is an interval between a first position where the first antenna is disposed in the housing and a second position where the second antenna is disposed in the housing. The first antenna and the second antenna generate different radiation patterns. The control circuit controls the switching circuit to electrically connect the first antenna or the second antenna, so that the first antenna and the second antenna transmit a first radio frequency signal output by the control circuit at different times. The control circuit determines a received signal strength of the first antenna and the second antenna, and controls the switching circuit to connect the first antenna or the second antenna with a greater received signal strength to receive a second radio frequency signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides an information obtaining method and a device. The method is applied to a base station, and includes: sending first information to a mobile management entity (MME), where the first information includes a first request used to re-establish an radio resource control (RRC) connection, the first request is used to instruct the MME to send second information to the base station, the second information includes context information of user equipment (UE) and indication information that is used to indicate connection establishment, and the UE is a UE that requests the RRC connection re-establishment; and receiving the second information. In the embodiments of the present invention, steps in a process of RRC link re-establishment can be reduced, thereby shortening time for re-establishing an RRC connection.

Abstract: A solid-state ion conductor includes a compound of Formula 1: Li16+(5?n)*a?(2+m)*bM2?aXnaN8O1?bAmb??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is Ta, Nb, V, or a combination thereof, X is an element having an oxidation state of n, wherein n is +1, +2, +3, +4, or a combination thereof, A is an element having an oxidation state of m, wherein m is ?1, ?2, or a combination thereof, and 0<a?2 and 0?b?1.

Abstract: Provided are a transition type determination method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a picture matching degree of a candidate transition type with a transition position between two adjacent video clips, and acquiring a music matching degree of the candidate transition type; determining, based on the acquired image matching degree and the acquired music matching degree, a matching degree of the candidate transition type at the transition position; and determining, according to the matching degree, whether to determine the candidate transition type as a target transition type, where the target transition type is used for a transition effect between the two adjacent video clip.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for forwarding data in a virtual network, an electronic device, a storage medium and a computer program product are provided. The method includes: determining, in a process of managing virtual private cloud networks through a central control node, all forwarding rules for nodes in the virtual private cloud networks; synchronizing the forwarding rules in a virtual routing cluster, and determining target forwarding rules corresponding to each virtual private cloud network from the forwarding rules; and through a virtual switch in each virtual private cloud network, learning the target forwarding rules corresponding to the virtual private cloud network to which the virtual switch belongs, and performing data forwarding based on the learned target forwarding rules.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video processing method and apparatus, a device, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program, the method includes: acquiring an image to be processed; determining, according to the image to be processed, a target image and a target editing pattern, wherein the target editing pattern comprises at least one of a special effect acting on an audio corresponding to the target image, a special effect acting on an editing point between adjacent images, a special effect acting on a single image, and a special effect acting on an entire editing image; and performing, according to the target editing pattern, an editing operation on the target image, to obtain a target video.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a phase shifter assembly and a base station antenna, wherein the phase shifter assembly includes: a first printed circuit board; a first wiper arm, which is rotatably coupled to the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board; and a second wiper arm, which is rotatably coupled to the second printed circuit board; wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are arranged at a non-zero angle.

Abstract: The present invention provides polyurethanes including a reaction product of components including: (a) an isocyanate functional urethane prepolymer comprising a reaction product of components including: (i) about 1 equivalent of at least one polyisocyanate; and (ii) about 0.1 to about 0.5 equivalents of at least one diol having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; and (b) about 0.05 to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one branched polyol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; and (c) up to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one polyol different from branched polyol (b) and having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein the reaction product components are essentially free of polyester polyol and polyether polyol; compositions, coatings and articles made therefrom and methods of making the same.

Abstract: A reconfigurable PUF device based on fully electric field-controlled domain wall motion includes a voltage control layer, upper electrodes, a lower electrode, antiferromagnetic pinning layers, and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). The MTJ includes, from bottom to top, a ferromagnetic reference layer, a potential barrier tunneling layer and a ferromagnetic free layer. In the device, an energy potential well is formed in a middle portion of the ferromagnetic free layer by applying a voltage to the voltage control layer to control magnetic anisotropy, and a current is fed into either of the upper electrodes to drive generation of the magnetic domain walls and pin the magnetic domain walls to the potential well. After the voltage is removed, the potential well is lowered so that the magnetic domain walls are in a metastable state, thereby either a high resistance state or a low resistance state is randomly obtained.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a data scheduling method, including: obtaining, by a base station, capability information of user equipment (UE), where a moment of obtaining the capability information of the UE is prior to that of receiving, by the base station, radio resource control (RRC) connection setup complete signaling that is sent by the UE to the base station; and allocating, by the base station, a data scheduling resource to the UE according to the capability information of the UE. By using embodiments of the present disclosure, resource utilization can be increased.

Abstract: A metrocell utility pole assembly includes a utility pole, an auxiliary device, and a metrocell antenna assembly. The utility pole has an upper end. The metrocell antenna assembly includes a support and an antenna module. The support is mounted on the upper end of the utility pole. The support includes an elongate post having a post upper end. The elongate post extends upwardly from the upper end of the utility pole to the post upper end. The antenna module includes an enclosure and an antenna. The enclosure defines an enclosure passage extending vertically through the enclosure. The antenna is disposed in the enclosure. The post extends through the enclosure passage. The auxiliary device is mounted on the upper end of the post.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for pipelined analog-to-digital conversion. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The pipelined ADC includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes a sampler and a quantizer coupled to the sampler. The first stage also includes a current distribution circuit coupled to the sampler. The second stage includes a sampler coupled to the current distribution circuit and a quantizer coupled to the sampler of the second stage.

Abstract: A communications method and a communications apparatus. For a radio bearer that carries a multicast service, a downlink user plane tunnel is established between a first access network node and a second access network node. A data packet of the multicast service is transmitted through the downlink user plane tunnel to enable the multicast service to be transmitted in a CU-DU architecture. A unicast tunnel is also established to transmit a data packet of the multicast service that is sent in a unicast mode. In this way, the first access network node is able to transmit the data packet of the multicast service to the second access network node on the unicast tunnel in the unicast mode.

Abstract: A solid-state ion conductor includes a compound of the formula NaxM12?(y+z)M2yM3z(AO4)3 wherein M1, M2, and M3 are each independently Hf, Mg, Sc, In, Y, Ca, or Zr; A is P, Si, S, or a combination thereof; 3?x?3.5; 0.5?y?1; and 0?z?0.5. The solid-state ion conductor can be useful in various components of an electrochemical cell.