Abstract: The present application provides a signal transmission method and device. The method include determining a third monitoring configuration information set of a first signal, and the monitoring opportunities corresponding to the third monitoring configuration information set are not more than the monitoring opportunities corresponding to at least one of a first monitoring configuration information set and a second monitoring configuration information set, the first monitoring configuration information set is a network-level monitoring configuration information set of the first signal, and the second monitoring configuration information set is a node-level monitoring configuration information set of the first signal; and monitoring the first signal according to the third monitoring configuration information set, to reduce the power consumption of a terminal for monitoring the first signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a semiconductor device, and a ring structure. The semiconductor device disposed on the substrate. The ring structure disposed on the substrate and surrounds the semiconductor device. The ring structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion bonded to the substrate. The second portion connects to the first portion. A cavity is between the second portion and the substrate.

Abstract: A terminal connection structure includes a terminal and an enameled wire. The terminal includes a socket and a conductor crimping portion. The conductor crimping portion includes a first crimping area and a second crimping area, and the first crimping area and the second crimping area are both U-shaped before crimped. The enameled wire is located in the first crimping area and the second crimping area, wherein the enameled wire includes three conducting wires and an enameled film covering the conducting wires. The first crimping area and the second crimping area are crimped to be in a shape of a semi-circular thereby crimping the three conducting wires tightly. Wherein an outer width of the second crimping area after crimped is W2, an outer diameter of the enameled wire is D, a thickness of the second crimping area is t, and the following condition is satisfied: W2?D×0.8+2t.

Abstract: According to various implementations, generally disclosed herein is a hybrid and hierarchical neural architecture search (NAS) approach. The approach includes performing a search space partitioning scheme to divide the search space into sub-search spaces. The approach further includes performing a first type of NAS, such as a Multi-trial NAS, to cover a search across the sub-search spaces. The approach also includes performing a second type of NAS, such as a One-Shot NAS, to cover each sub-search space. The approach further includes automatically stopping the second type of NAS based on one or more early stopping criteria.

Abstract: A method includes irradiating a target droplet in an extreme ultraviolet light source of an extreme ultraviolet lithography tool with light from a droplet illumination module. Light reflected and/or scattered by the target droplet is detected. Particle image velocimetry is performed to monitor one or more flow parameters inside the extreme ultraviolet light source.

Abstract: A method for positioning tea-bud picking points based on fused thermal images and RGB images is provided and includes: firstly, image pairs of several tea buds are acquired by using an image acquisition device, and are each labeled to obtain a tea-bud object detection database and a tea-bud keypoint detection database; secondly, in order to obtain a trained object detection model and a trained keypoint detection model, the tea-bud object detection database and the tea-bud keypoint detection database are inputted into an object detection model and a keypoint detection model for training, respectively; finally, the trained object detection model and keypoint detection model are used to sequentially process the tea-bud image pairs to obtain tea-bud keypoint positions, and then tea-bud picking point positions are obtained in combination with the tea-bud growth characteristics. The positioning accuracy and efficiency of the tea-bud picking points can be improved.

Abstract: A tapered fiber optoacoustic emitter includes a nanosecond laser configured to emit laser pulses and an optic fiber. The optic fiber includes a tip configured to guide the laser pulses. The tip has a coating including a diffusion layer and a thermal expansion layer, wherein the diffusion layer includes epoxy and zinc oxide nanoparticles configured to diffuse the light while restricting localized heating. The thermal expansion layer includes carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) configured to convert the laser pulses to generate ultrasound. The frequency of the ultrasound is tuned with a thickness of the diffusion layer and a CNT concentration of the expansion layer.

Abstract: A camera structure includes a support frame, a camera, a camera switch and a latch mechanism. The camera is supported by the support frame. The camera switch is spatially separated from the camera. The camera switch is configured to enable and disable the camera. The latch mechanism includes a slidable latch body and a cover and a connecting rod linking the latch body. The latch body is configured to move between a first position and a second position. When the latch body is at the first position, the camera is exposed from a first opening of the cover and the connecting rod interferes with the camera switch to enable the camera. When the latch body is at the second position, the cover shields the camera and the connecting rod moves away from the camera switch to enable the camera.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of plasma kallikrein, including hereditary angioedema, uveitis, posterior uveitis, wet age related macular edema, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. The compounds are selective inhibitors of plasma kallikrein.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing materials to enhancing the material’s surface strength, improving the material’s cyclic and thermal stability of microstructures, and extend the material’s fatigue performance. Embodiments include laser shock peening at material temperatures that are moderately elevated (from the material’s perspective) above room temperature. Alternate embodiments include laser shock peening at very cold (cryogenic) material temperatures. Still further embodiments include laser shock peening while covering the surface of the material being processed with an active agent that interacts with the laser energy and enhances the pressure exerted on the surface.

Abstract: A device operates to perform acoustic echo cancellation. The device includes a speaker to output a far-end signal at the device, a microphone to receive at least a near-end signal and the far-end signal from the speaker to produce a microphone output, and an AI accelerator operative to perform neural network operations according to a first neural network model and a second neural network model to output an echo-suppressed signal. The device further includes a digital signal processing (DSP) unit. The DSP unit is operative to perform adaptive filtering to remove at least a portion of the far-end signal from the microphone output to generate a filtered near-end signal, and perform Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and inverse FFT (IFFT) to generate input to the first neural network model and the second neural network model, respectively.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to roadway design and traffic control systems and methods for connected and automated vehicle and highway (CAVH) systems, and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems and methods for controlling switching of vehicles between automated mode and human-driven mode, systems and methods for vehicle merging, diverging, and overtaking on automated lanes of multiple lane highways, systems and methods for emergency management and roadside assistance on automated lanes, and/or systems and methods for managing automated vehicle lanes on urban major and minor expressways.

Abstract: Provided herein are anti-LAP antibodies (e.g., recombinant humanized, chimeric, and human anti-LAP antibodies) or antigen binding fragments thereof which have therapeutically beneficial properties, such as binding specifically to LAP-TGF?1 on cells but not to LAP-TGF?1 in extracellular matrix, as well as compositions including the same. Also provided are uses of these antibodies or antigen binding fragments in therapeutic applications, such as in the treatment of cancer, and diagnostic applications.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula is used as a light emitting material. Any one of R1, R2 and R4 is a hydrogen atom or a deuterium atom, the remaining ones are donor groups but at least one is a carbazol-9-yl group condensed with a benzofuran ring, a benzothiophene ring, an indole ring, an indene ring or a silaindene ring.

Abstract: An integrated platform system that employ a series of machine learning techniques and prediction and detection units that can process input data and extract and generate meaningful insights and predictions therefrom. The system integrates together multiple different data storage types and applications that generates data of different types, and an associated processing system for processing the different data types, store the data in a common data model to normalize the data, determine the data lineage of the data, and then process the data using different types of techniques. The data can also be processed by a prediction unit for generating meaningful insights and predictions or by an anomaly detection unit for detecting one or more anomalies in the data.

Abstract: An antifuse structure including a first metal line, a top via above and directly contacting the first metal line, a second metal line, and a conductive etch stop layer separating both the first metal line and the second metal line from an underlying layer, where a first portion of the conductive etch stop layer directly beneath the first metal line comprises a first extension region and a second portion of the conductive etch stop layer directly beneath the second metal line comprises a second extension region opposite the first extension region.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a first metal line, a top via above and directly contacting the first metal line, a second metal line adjacent to the first metal line, a first dielectric contacting sidewalls of the top via, a second dielectric directly between the first dielectric and the second metal line, and an air gap located between the first metal line and the second metal line, and below both the first dielectric and the second dielectric.

Abstract: A processing chamber includes a grid and a first disk. The grid includes a plurality of holes arranged in the processing chamber. The grid partitions the processing chamber into a first chamber in which plasma is generated and a second chamber in which a pedestal is configured to support a substrate. The first disk is arranged in the second chamber. The first disk is movable between the grid and the substrate when supported on the pedestal.

Abstract: An example photoacoustic system for neurostimulation includes a light producing device for producing light of a specific wavelength. At least one nanotransducer is binded on a surface of a neuron. The nanotransducer converts the light with the specific wavelength into at least one acoustic wave at or near the neuron.

Abstract: Provided are a video processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, a storage medium and a program product. The method includes steps described below. A to-be-processed video is acquired, and a first face key point of a first target object in the to-be-processed video is recognized, where the first face key point corresponds to a mask key point in a three-dimensional human face mask special effect; and the three-dimensional human face mask special effect is added to video frames of the to-be-processed video to obtain a target video, where the mask key point in the three-dimensional human face mask special effect moves with the corresponding first face key point.