Abstract: A method of preparing a membrane comprising the steps of: a) mixing together a membrane-forming polymer, a water-soluble polyetheramine, and a solvent, said mixture containing no component which will react chemically with the polyetheramine; and b) casting said mixture to form the polymer into a solid membrane.

Abstract: Systems and methods train an encoder neural network for fast and accurate projection into the latent space of a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). The encoder is trained by providing an input training image to the encoder and producing, by the encoder, a latent space representation of the input training image. The latent space representation is provided as input to the GAN to generate a generated training image. A latent code is sampled from a latent space associated with the GAN and the sampled latent code is provided as input to the GAN. The GAN generates a synthetic training image based on the sampled latent code. The sampled latent code is provided as input to the encoder to produce a synthetic training code. The encoder is updated by minimizing a loss between the generated training image and the input training image, and the synthetic training code and the sampled latent code.

Abstract: An electromyography signal analysis device and an electromyography signal analysis method are disclosed. The electromyography signal analysis device selects at least one reference indicator from a reference indicator set according to a category-selecting command from a user, and then determines at least one category of noise according to the at least one reference indicator. Next, the electromyography signal analysis device selects at least one filter from a filter set according to the at least one category of noise, and then configures the at least one filter. Subsequently, the electromyography signal analysis device filters an electromyography signal with the at least one configured filter, and analyzes the filtered electromyography signal according to the at least one reference indicator to generate an analysis result in response to the category-selecting command.

Abstract: Provided are a power battery pack and an electric vehicle. The power battery pack includes: a pack body, where an accommodating space is defined in the pack body, the pack body is provided therein with at least one widthwise cross beam or lengthwise cross beam, the widthwise cross beam extends along a width direction of the power battery pack, the lengthwise cross beam extends along a length direction of the power battery pack, and the accommodating space is divided into a plurality of accommodating chambers by the at least one widthwise cross beam or lengthwise cross beam; and a plurality of cells, disposed in the pack body and directly arranged in the accommodating chambers, where at least one cell is arranged in each accommodating chamber to form a cell array.

Abstract: A battery pack and an electric vehicle are provided. The battery pack includes a housing; and a plurality of cells, provided in the housing, wherein the sum V1 of the volumes of the plurality of cells and the volume V2 of the battery pack satisfy V1/V2?55%. The battery pack has a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to each other. A length direction of the cell is arranged along the first direction of the battery pack, and the plurality of cells are arranged along the second direction of the battery pack. The cell comprises a cell body, and the length of the cell body is 400-2500 mm.

Abstract: Systems and methods generate a filtering function for editing an image with reduced attribute correlation. An image editing system groups training data into bins according to a distribution of a target attribute. For each bin, the system samples a subset of the training data based on a pre-determined target distribution of a set of additional attributes in the training data. The system identifies a direction in the sampled training data corresponding to the distribution of the target attribute to generate a filtering vector for modifying the target attribute in an input image, obtains a latent space representation of an input image, applies the filtering vector to the latent space representation of the input image to generate a filtered latent space representation of the input image, and provides the filtered latent space representation as input to a neural network to generate an output image with a modification to the target attribute.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides binding agents, such as antibodies (including single chain variable fragments), that specifically bind complement component C3, including human C3, compositions comprising same, and methods of their use. The disclosure also provides related polynucleotides and vectors encoding the binding agents and cells comprising same.

Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to use of a default communication configuration for cross carrier wireless communication. For example, a wireless communication device such as a user equipment (UE) may use a default communication configuration that includes quasi-colocation information (e.g., a default CORESET configuration) for communication on a secondary component carrier (SCC). The default communication configuration may be used, for example, in scenarios where a CORESET is not defined for the SCC and other configuration information is not available. For example, other configuration information might not be available due to a short time gap between a grant sent on a primary component carrier (PCC) and the communication on the SCC scheduled by the grant.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a brown rice and oat bread with low glycemic index and a preparation method thereof, which belongs to the technical field of grain processing. The brown rice and oat bread provided by the present disclosure includes the following ingredients: brown rice flour, gluten powder, oat flour, butter, sodium caseinate, salt, yeast, improver, and water. According to the present disclosure, the sodium caseinate is used to help form a dough and improve the flavor of the bread, and the brown rice and oat bread with low glycemic index is obtained with the brown rice bread recipe and special baking process, which is close to wheat bread in terms of specific volume, taste and tissue structure.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of Formulas (I), (II), (III), and (IV) and subformulas thereof, wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV) and methods of using the compounds, e.g., in the treatment of immune disorders, inflammatory disorders, and cancer.

Abstract: A display substrate (100), a display panel and a display apparatus.

Abstract: An improved system architecture uses a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) including a specialized generator neural network to generate multiple resolution output images. The system produces a latent space representation of an input image. The system generates a first output image at a first resolution by providing the latent space representation of the input image as input to a generator neural network comprising an input layer, an output layer, and a plurality of intermediate layers and taking the first output image from an intermediate layer, of the plurality of intermediate layers of the generator neural network. The system generates a second output image at a second resolution different from the first resolution by providing the latent space representation of the input image as input to the generator neural network and taking the second output image from the output layer of the generator neural network.

Abstract: An ultrasonic in-situ automatic detection system for creep cracks on an inner wall of a hydrogen production furnace tube. The system comprises a computer, a multi-channel ultrasonic system control circuit, a motor driver board, a coreless motor, and a tube crawling machine. Multi-channel piezoelectric transducers are arranged in a circumferential direction of the furnace tube. The computer is configured to send detection instructions to the multi-channel ultrasonic system control circuit through a wireless network; the multi-channel ultrasonic system control circuit is configured to control multiple channels to simultaneously excite the piezoelectric transducers, receive echo signals from the piezoelectric transducers and then send the echo signals back to the computer in a wireless mode; and the motor driver board is configured to drive the coreless motor to drive the tube crawling machine to move, receive motion parameters fed back by motor encoders, and send the motion parameters back to the computer.

Abstract: A combination comprising a FAK inhibitor and a BTK inhibitor, a pharmaceutical composition and a kit, and a method for treating a disease such as esophageal cancer using the combination.

Abstract: An ADC sampling data identification method and system, integrated circuit and decoding device are disclosed. The ADC sampling data identification method includes in the integrated circuit, converting sampling data from n time interleaved ADC chips into serial data, generating a preamble sequence, combining the serial data with the generated preamble sequence to obtain new serial data, sending the new serial data to a decoding device, generating a clock signal that matches the new serial data, and sending the clock signal to the decoding device; and in the decoding device, receiving the new serial data and the clock signal from the ADC integrated circuit, obtaining the preamble sequence for combining according to an agreement with the ADC integrated circuit, and identifying a start position of the sampling data from the time interleaved ADC chips.

Abstract: A controller for detecting voltages of battery cells in a battery pack includes converters coupled to the battery cells and switching units. An anode of each battery cell is coupled to a respective converter through a respective first path, and a cathode of each battery cell is coupled to the respective converter through a respective second path. The switching units are coupled between the battery cells and the converters. The converters are coupled to anodes of the battery cells through the switching units. When a switching unit corresponding to a battery cell is turned on, an anode of the battery cell provides an operating current and a sampling current through a respective first path to a respective converter, and the operating current flows from the anode of the battery cell through the respective converter to ground.

Abstract: A ranging device includes a light emission device configured to emit a light pulse sequence, a light guide device, a first light reception device configured to monitor an output optical power of the light emission device, and a second light reception device configured to receive a light pulse signal reflected by an object and determine a distance between the object and the ranging device based on the light pulse signal. The light guide device includes a light incident surface, a reflection surface, and a light emission surface. The reflection surface includes a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface. At least one of the first reflection surface or the second reflection surface has a curved surface shape. The light guide device is configured to receive part of radiation power emitted by the light emission device and conduct the part of the radiation power to the first light reception device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for programming the energy storage device in power-gas coupling system based on reliability constraints, obtain the parameters and operation condition of each equipment of the power-gas coupling system in a year; determine the different operating states of the system; A programming model of the energy storage device based on reliability constraints is constructed based on the operating state of the system, and benders decomposition algorithm is adopted to calculate the programming model, so that the programming scheme of the energy storage device is obtained. Considering not only the economy but also the reliability of the system, which is more accurate, comprehensive and effective than the previous programming method; the present invention is of great significance to improve the reliability of the electric power system and ensure the safe and reliable operation of the electric power system.

Abstract: A system for ensuring the integrity of the enclosure of a wireless power transmitter. The enclosure of the transmitter comprises a window in order to allow a high-power beam to exit the transmitter. The window is equipped with an area which reflects at least a portion of the beam, and directs the reflected beam onto a detector. Thus the system can ascertain whether the window is undamaged, since if the detector is receiving a satisfactory portion of the beam, then it is indicative of an undamaged window. This advantageously prevents dangerous beam generated damage which may be caused if the exit window of the transmitter is damaged. The laser beam is preferably circularly polarized before exiting the transmitter to prevent dangerous laser damage caused by the reflections of the maximum of the P or S polarization components, which may occur with linearly polarized beams.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a first metal layer over a semiconductor substrate, and forming a first layer over the first metal layer. The first layer and first metal layer are etched to expose a sidewall of the first layer and a sidewall of the first metal layer, wherein the etching disburses a portion of the first metal layer to create an accumulation of material on at least one of the sidewall of the first layer or the sidewall of the first metal layer. At least some of the accumulation is etched away using an etchant comprising fluorine.