Abstract: An aqueous alkaline chemical mechanical polishing composition includes a quaternary ammonium compound having a phenyl group which enables enhanced reduction of defects on silicon oxide substrates and enables good silicon oxide removal rates during chemical mechanical polishing.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for user equipment (UE) trajectory-assisted handovers. In particular, some embodiments may include artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) to predict UE location information. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a circular stapler including an instrument body, a handle assembly and a staple pushing rod; wherein an indicator and a strike part are disposed in the instrument body, and the indicator is rotatably connected to the instrument body; when the stapler is in an initial state, the indicator is in a first position area and pressed against the strike part; when the stapler is in a firing state, the indicator is moved to a second position area and separated from the strike part; when the stapler being fired, the indicator returns to the first position area from the second position area, strikes the strike part and emits a strike sound. The strike sound prompts an operator that firing has been successfully completed, so that the operator can know the firing state of the stapler in time and user experience of the operator can be improved.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses an image rendering method and apparatus.

Abstract: Techniques to configure a user equipment (UE) for radio link failure (RLF) handling during a multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding a measurement report for transmission to the SBS via a first communication link. The measurement report is triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. RRC signaling is received from the SBS, the RRC signaling including a handover command in response to the measurement report. The handover command includes an indication for multi-connectivity support by the SBS and the TBS during the handover. A random access channel (RACH) procedure with the TBS is performed using a second communication link between the UE and the TBS. Radio link monitoring (RLM) on the first communication link and the second communication link is performed during the handover.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a particle rendering method and apparatus.

Abstract: Tracer kinetic models are utilized as temporal constraints for highly under-sampled reconstruction of DCE-MRI data. In one embodiment, a method for improving dynamic contrast enhanced imaging. The method includes steps of administering a magnetic resonance contrast agent to a subject and then collecting magnetic resonance contrast agent from the subject. A tracer kinetic model (i.e. eTofts or Patlak) is selected to be applied to the magnetic resonance imaging data. The tracer kinetic model is applied to the magnetic resonance imaging data. Tracer kinetic maps and dynamic images are simultaneously reconstructed and a consistency constraint is applied. The proposed method allows for easy use of different tracer kinetic models in the formulation and estimation of patient-specific arterial input functions jointly with tracer kinetic maps.

Abstract: Techniques, systems, and devices to support small data transfers are described. A first node, such as a gNodeB or an eNodeB, can perform operations that include receiving a resume request from a user equipment (UE) that is in an inactive state, the resume request including a small data indication, where context information for the UE resides at a second node; transmitting a retrieve UE context request to the second node, the retrieve UE context request including the small data indication; receiving a UE context response from the second node; transmitting, by the first node, a resume response to the UE to cause the UE to switch to a connected state; processing uplink data from the UE; and transmitting a release message to the UE to cause the UE to switch to the inactive state. The release message can be based on RRC release information received from the second node.

Abstract: A method and system of processing an incident laser for thermonuclear fusion and a laser facility are disclosed in embodiments of the present application. The method includes: receiving an initial incident laser from a laser facility; and performing angular momentum decoherence processing on the initial incident laser, to obtain a target incident laser to be injected into a thermonuclear fusion hohlraum.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an anti-tumor polypeptide Bax-BH3, a fluorescent polymeric nanomicelle, a preparation method and use thereof, belonging to the technical field of medicines. The anti-tumor polypeptide Bax-BH3 has an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID No: 1; the fluorescent polymeric nanomicelle includes the anti-tumor polypeptide Bax-BH3 and a polymer carrier; and the polymer carrier is a block copolymer RGD-PHPMA-b-Poly(MMA-alt-(Rhob-MA)). In the present disclosure, the anti-tumor polypeptide Bax-BH3 has desirable biocompatibility and biological activity; and the fluorescent polymeric nanomicelle encapsulates the anti-tumor polypeptide Bax-BH3 by the block copolymer RGD-PHPMA-b-Poly(MMA-alt-(Rhob-MA)), with high encapsulation rate and drug loading, and good release performance.

Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a UE. The instructions configure the UE for small data transmission (SDT) in a 5G NR network and cause the UE to perform operations comprising detecting while in an RRC_Inactive state, a radio link failure during a first SDT of UL data to a base station. A secure key for a second SDT is generated based on the radio link failure. A configuration message including an indication of the second SDT is transmitted to the base station. A response message including a UL grant is received from the base station. The UL data is encoded for the second SDT using the secure key. The second SDT is performed using the UL grant while the UE is in the RRC_Inactive state.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides various mechanisms to improve the communication of critical data, such as extended reality (XR) data, cloud gaming (CG) data, ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) data, internet of things (IoT) data, and/or any other type of high priority data/traffic. The described mechanisms include enhancements to buffer status reporting mechanisms; packet, protocol data unit (PDU), and/or service data unit (SDU) discard mechanisms; mechanisms to resolve issues related to system frame number (SFN) wraparound; and network congestion detection mechanisms. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Example configuration methods and apparatus are described. An example communications system includes a master node and a secondary node that jointly provide a service for a terminal. One example method includes generating configuration information for a signaling radio bearer (SRB) by the secondary node, where the SRB is used to transmit a radio resource control (RRC) message between the secondary node and the terminal. The secondary node sends the configuration information for the SRB to the master node, so that the configuration information for the SRB is sent to the terminal through the master node. The secondary node receives a result of configuring the SRB by the terminal by using the configuration information for the SRB. In this way, the SRB can be established on the secondary node, and used for RRC message transmission between the secondary node and the terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a carrier aggregation capability reporting apparatus and method, so as to prevent a user equipment (UE) from repeatedly reporting capability information corresponding to a carrier combination supported by the UE, and reduce waste of signaling resources used for reporting. The method includes: determining, by the UE, information about a carrier combination supported by the UE and information about a sub-combination that is of the carrier combination and that is supported by the UE; and reporting, by the UE to a base station, the determined information about the carrier combination supported by the UE and the determined information about the sub-combination that is of the carrier combination and that is supported by the UE.

Abstract: Techniques to configure a user equipment (UE) for a multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding a measurement report for transmission to the SBS. The measurement report is triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. Radio resource control (RRC) signaling from the SBS is decoded, the RRC signaling including a handover command in response to the measurement report. The handover command includes an indication for multi-connectivity support by the SBS and the TBS during the handover. A first protocol stack associated with the SBS and a second protocol stack associated with the TBS are configured at the UE. A packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) protocol data unit (PDU) received at the UE during the handover is processed using the first protocol stack or the second protocol stack.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a leather coating composition comprising or consisting of a hydrosilylation curable silicone elastomer composition designed to be used as a topcoat for a synthetic leather material, particularly a silicone-based synthetic leather composite material. A silicone coating as a topcoat for a synthetic leather material which is the cured product of the composition, methods of making the topcoat, synthetic leather material utilizing same and uses of the synthetic leather material products are also disclosed. The topcoat is designed to provide a highly crosslinked silicone matrix containing silicon-free organic micro-particles to minimize or at least decrease change in gloss after abrasion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for updating a molecular database. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving data representing a sequence of molecular nucleotides, where the data specifies a base of each molecular nucleotide and synthetic modifications to one or more components of one or more molecular nucleotides in the sequence; generating a user interface presentation that presents: i) for each base in the sequence, a base character that represents the base of the molecular nucleotide, and ii) for each of the one or more molecular nucleotides having one or more components that are synthetically modified, a group of symbols adjacent to the base character that represents the base of the molecular nucleotide, where each symbol in the group of symbols represents a respective synthetic modification; and providing the user interface presentation to a user device for display to a user.

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for the reduction of handover interruptions. Some embodiments include a user equipment (UE) that supports simultaneous connectivity with a source 5G Node B (gNB) and a target gNB during a handover. Some embodiments include the UE receiving source path data packets from the source gNB and target path data packets from a target gNB. The UE performs a first reorder of the one or more source path data packets and the one or more target path data packets by sequence number (SN), and the UE performs header decompression on the reordered source path data packets, separately from the reordered target path data packets. After the header decompressions the UE performs a second reorder of the source path data packets and the target path data packets together by SN, and discards any duplicate data packets based on SNs.

Abstract: A method for generating a firework visual effect, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are disclosed. The method for generating the firework visual effect includes: determining a visual effect trajectory; according to the visual effect trajectory, generating a firework particle set and a trail particle set in a three-dimensional space used for generating the firework visual effect; rendering the firework particle set to obtain a firework particle primitive model set; rendering the trail particle set to obtain a trail particle primitive model set; and performing superposition processing on the firework particle primitive model set and the trail particle primitive model set to generate a firework visual effect, wherein at least some trail particle primitive models in the trail particle primitive model set are at least displayed for a preset time period.

Abstract: A method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a carrier aggregation capability and baseband capabilities of the terminal device, where the carrier aggregation capability includes a quantity of carriers and a bandwidth of a carrier in a carrier aggregation group supported by the terminal device, and the baseband capabilities include a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capability; sending, by the terminal device, the information of the carrier aggregation capability and the baseband capabilities to a network device; and receiving, by the terminal device, configuration information.