Abstract: A cartridge preprocessing system applied to an automated molecular diagnostics instrument is provided. The cartridge preprocessing system includes a piercing device and a cleaning device. The piercing device includes a drive assembly and a piercing member, and the drive assembly is configured to control the piercing member to alternately move to a piercing station and a cleaning station. The piercing member is configured to pierce a barrier film of a cartridge that moves to the piercing station, and the cleaning device is configured to clean the piercing member that moves to the cleaning station.

Abstract: A method for transmitting information, includes: sending a shared tracking reference signal (TRS)/channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), in which the shared TRS/CSI-RS is at least configured for at least one of a user equipment (UE) in an idle state and a UE in an inactive state to complete downlink synchronization and receive a paging early indication (PEI), and the PEI is carried in downlink control information (DCI). The method may also include sending first indication information, wherein the first indication information is configured for the UE to determine whether to complete the downlink synchronization and receive the PEI via the shared TRS/CSI-RS.

Abstract: A method for indicating a number of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions. The method includes: determining a plurality of PUCCH resources indicated for the UE and supporting a joint and repeated transmission to a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs) of a base station; determining a first PUCCH resource from the plurality of PUCCH resources; receiving an indication signaling from the base station and determining, based on the indication signaling, a number of transmissions corresponding to a PUCCH transmission occasion for the joint and repeated transmission of the first PUCCH resource.

Abstract: A wind noise reduction system including a beamformer, a comparator, and a voice mixer is provided. The beamformer may be an MVDR beamformer, and generates a beamformed signal based on a first microphone signal and a second microphone signal. The comparator generates a comparison signal based on the beamformed signal and a wind microphone signal. The comparison signal may be further based on a beamformed energy level of the beamformed signal and a wind energy level of the wind microphone signal. The voice mixer generates an output voice signal based on the beamformed signal, the wind microphone signal, and the comparison signal. The wind noise reduction system may further include a wind microphone corresponding to the wind microphone signal. The wind microphone may be arranged on a portion of a wearable audio device configured to be seated in a concha of a wearer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a first spacer on one side of the of the MTJ, a second spacer on another side of the MTJ, a first metal interconnection on the MTJ, and a liner adjacent to the first spacer, the second spacer, and the first metal interconnection. Preferably, each of a top surface of the MTJ and a bottom surface of the first metal interconnection includes a planar surface and two sidewalls of the first metal interconnection are aligned with two sidewalls of the MTJ.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a strabismic pupil positioning method, apparatus, a readable storage medium and a device, and belongs to the field of iris recognition. The strabismic pupil positioning method includes: performing initial positioning on a pupil boundary to be positioned as a circle on an iris image; with an initial positioning result as a reference, dividing the iris image into multiple sub-images based on a certain central angle; for each sub-image, traversing a circle center search range and a radius search range, and using a circle center value and a radius value, which correspond to a maximum gray scale change as the circle center and the radius of the sub-image; and obtaining a circular arc segment of each sub-image based on the circle center, the radius and the central angle of each sub-image, and splicing the circular arc segments of all sub-images together to obtain the pupil boundary.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first die, a second die and a redistribution layer structure. The first die and the second die are disposed laterally. The redistribution layer structure is disposed over and electrically connected to the first die and the second die, wherein the redistribution layer structure includes a plurality of vias and a plurality of lines stacked alternately and electrically connected to each other and embedded by a plurality of polymer layers, and wherein from a top view, first vias of the plurality of vias overlapping with the first die or the second die have an elliptical-like shape.

Abstract: An inertia braking test system and a control method is provided, wherein the inertia braking test system is composed of an inertia brake test system, a sensor system and a tested object. An actuating device is connected with the inertia brake control device through a ball stud. The actuation function of the inertia brake control device with two degrees of freedom along the front-and-rear direction and the up-and-down direction of the vehicle is realized. The movable chassis realizes the mobile function of the system. The acceleration sensor can sense the acceleration of the movable chassis. Each force is tested by the first force sensor, the second force sensor and the third force sensor. The displacement data is measured by the first displacement sensor and the second displacement sensor, so that a movable brake system test is achieved.

Abstract: A processing device in a memory sub-system performs a first media scan operation with respect to a plurality of memory pages addressable by the ordinary wordline, wherein each page of the plurality of memory pages is contained by a respective management unit, and responsive to determining that a value of a data state metric of a memory page of the plurality of memory page addressable by the ordinary wordline satisfies a specified condition, performs a first media management operation with respect to a management unit containing the memory page.

Abstract: Video processing methods, systems and apparatus are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video using a palette mode in which samples of the video block are represented using a palette of representative color values. A size of the palette of the video block is determined based on whether a local dual tree is applied for the conversion.

Abstract: A solar tracking system comprises multiple solar panel modules forming a grid of solar panel modules, wherein the multiple solar panel modules are movable relative to a solar source independently of each other; and a control system configured to orient each of the multiple solar panel modules to the solar source independently of each other based on a performance model to optimize an energy output from the grid of solar panel modules, wherein the performance model predicts an energy output from the grid of solar panel modules based on a topography of the area containing the grid of solar panel modules and weather conditions local to each of the solar panel modules.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for Vehicle-to-Everything synchronization for a first terminal.

Abstract: An audio device with a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user, wherein the body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear, at two separate spaced contact locations, and wherein the body is compliant at a body portion that defines one of the contact locations. The device also has an acoustic module carried by the body and configured to locate a sound-emitting opening anteriorly of and proximate the user's ear canal opening when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide reception of a call to a first function, determination of a first configuration file associated with the first function, the first configuration file indicating a primary function, a secondary function and a relationship between a first property of the primary function and a second property of the secondary function, calling of the primary function and reception of a corresponding first result set, calling of the secondary function, the call to the secondary function including a filter on the second property based on values of the first result set associated with the first property, reception of a second result set corresponding to the call to the secondary function, generation of a composed result set based on the first result set, the second result set, and the relationship, and return of the composed result set in response to the call to the first function.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method of training a neural network for relighting an image is described. A first training set that includes source images and a target illumination embedding is generated, the source images having respective illuminated subjects. A second training set that includes augmented images and the target illumination embedding is generated, where the augmented images corresponding to the source images. A first autoencoder is trained using the first training set to generate a first output set that includes estimated source illumination embeddings and first reconstructed images that correspond to the source images, the reconstructed images having respective subjects that are i) from the corresponding source image, and ii) illuminated based on the target illumination embedding.

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative controller modules, direct current (DC) fast charging devices, and methods. In an illustrative embodiment, a controller module for a DC-DC converter includes a controller and computer-readable media configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the controller to receive an input voltage Vin to the DC-DC converter, receive an output DC voltage Vo from the DC-DC converter, generate control signals configured to control a charging output of the DC-DC converter responsive to the received input voltage Vin and output voltage Vo, and output the generated control signals to the DC-DC converter.

Abstract: A vehicle hydraulic control system comprises a high-low pressure decoupling valve, a high-pressure control oil circuit including a main pressure regulating pilot solenoid valve connected to a transmission controller and used for regulating the main oil pressure according to the instructions of the transmission controller and a main pressure regulating mechanical valve, a low-pressure cooling and lubricating oil circuit, a mechanical pump communication with the high-pressure control oil circuit, and an electronic pump is in communication with the high-pressure control oil circuit or the low-pressure cooling and lubricating oil circuit by means of the high-low pressure decoupling valve. The main pressure regulating mechanical valve is used for guiding the flow output by the electronic pump and/or the mechanical pump in communication with the high-pressure control oil circuit to the low-pressure cooling and lubricating oil circuit according to the control of the main pressure regulating pilot solenoid valve.

Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to configuring carrier aggregation zones based on transmission information in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include identifying, by carrier aggregation equipment including a processor, carrier transmission information corresponding to a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal. The method can further include analyzing, by the carrier aggregation equipment, the carrier transmission information to determine first overlap zone information representative of a first carrier overlap zone for the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal. Further, based on the first overlap zone information, the method includes facilitating configuring transmission parameter information representative of a transmission parameter applicable to transmission of the first carrier signal, to enable carrier aggregation by network equipment within the first carrier overlap zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a CD24 protein for preventing or treating relapse of a cancer in a subject. The present invention also relates to the use of a CD24 protein for reducing cancer stem cell activity.

Abstract: A data transmission apparatus, a data transmission device, and a storage medium implement a method belonging in the technical field of wireless communications, where the method comprises: on the basis of a trigger condition, determining to perform demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sharing during a data transmission process. Thus, on the basis of signal state information received within a continuous period of time, it is determined whether to start a mechanism for terminating data retransmission. Thus, by means of the data transmission method, during a data transmission process, on the basis of a pre-set trigger condition, a plurality of actual repetitions are triggered at an appropriate time to share DMRSs, such that the DMRS overhead is reduced, and more channel resources and transmission power are distributed for data transmission, thereby improving the encoding rate and the coverage of channels.