Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The application discloses a method of receiving physical downlink control channel and corresponding equipment. According to an aspect of the application, there is provided a method performed by user equipment (UE) in a communication system, including: receiving, by the UE, time resource information of a search space configured by a base station; determining, by the UE, the time resource position of the search space according to the time resource information of the search space configured by the base station; determining, by the UE, the times of blind detection for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH)/a number of non-overlapping control channel elements (CCE) in the search space.

Abstract: A polarization-independent, optical circulator is formed in silicon photonics. The polarization-independent, optical circulator uses an optical splitter having two couplers and two waveguides joining the two couplers. One of the two waveguides is thinner than the other to create a large effective index difference between TE and TM modes transmitted through the one waveguide. Polarization rotators, including reciprocal and/or non-reciprocal rotators, are further used to create the optical circulator.

Abstract: A light emitting assembly is provided, including: a light adjustment layer, where at least one first element whose transparency is adjustable is disposed at the light adjustment layer; and a first light source, disposed on a side of the light adjustment layer, and configured to irradiate light on the at least one first element. A method for controlling a light emitting assembly and an electronic apparatus are further disclosed, relate to the field of display technologies, and may be applied to an intelligent vehicle or a new energy vehicle.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium for network topology-based verification. The method comprises: obtaining a network verification request which comprises device change information for a physical network; determining a target network device changed in the physical network using the device change information, and obtaining extended network devices from network devices in each of the hierarchical layers in the physical network, the extended network devices obtained in each of the hierarchical layers corresponding to different providers; constructing an emulated network topology based on the target network device and the extended network devices; and establishing an emulation runtime environment corresponding to the emulated network topology, and performing emulation verification on the emulated network topology based on the emulation runtime environment to obtain an emulation verification result.

Abstract: A power management system includes a direct current-direct current DC-DC conversion circuit, a first control circuit, a charging circuit, an input port, and an output port. The input port is configured to receive an input voltage. The output port is configured to supply an output voltage to a load. The DC-DC conversion circuit is configured to charge the output port from the input port, to adjust the output voltage. The first control circuit is configured to: obtain a second feedback voltage of the output voltage from the output port, generate a first control signal based on the second feedback voltage and a second reference signal, and supply the first control signal to the charging circuit. The charging circuit charges the output port from the input port based on the first control signal, to supplementally adjust the output voltage.

Abstract: Provided is a pre-5th-Generation (5g) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4g) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system. The method includes determining at least one energy detection threshold for sensing based on a signal to be transmitted; identifying a detected power corresponding to a channel of an unlicensed band; determining whether the channel is idle based on the detected power and the at least one energy detection threshold; and transmitting the signal to a user equipment (UE) on the channel based on a determination that the channel is idle. The at least one energy detection threshold corresponds to the signal to be transmitted including a first signal or a second signal, and the second signal includes at least one discovery signal, and the first signal is different from the second signal.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a method of processing a substrate. In an embodiment, the method comprises detecting one or more substrate parameters of a substrate in a processing chamber, and heating the substrate to a first temperature with an open loop tuning (OLT) heating process based on the one or more substrate parameters. In an embodiment, the method may further comprise placing the substrate on an edge ring, and heating the substrate to a second temperature with a low temperature closed loop controller. In an embodiment, the method further comprises heating the substrate to a third temperature with a high temperature closed loop controller.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) comprises transmitting, to a base station, a random access preamble and capability information of the UE; receiving, from the base station, a random access response including time domain scheduling information being based on the capability information; and transmitting, to the base station, data based on the time domain scheduling information.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques applied in an engineering analysis of energy asset information. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes collecting energy asset data maintained by a borrower; receiving information about a first set of parameters for use in evaluating the energy asset data maintained by the borrower; generating, based on the energy asset data and the first set of parameters, cash flow data for the borrower; calculating, based on the cash flow data, borrowing base data for the borrower; receiving information about a second set of parameters; generating, based on the cash flow data and the second set of parameters, adjusted cash flow data; and calculating, based on the adjusted cash flow data, updated borrowing base data for the borrower.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have a sensing surface that includes two or more sensing elements disposed laterally to each other, where the sensing surface is on a working electrode of in vivo and/or in vitro analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of providing a substrate having a medium-voltage (MV) region and a low-voltage (LV) region, forming fin-shaped structures on the LV region, forming an insulating layer between the fin-shaped structures, forming a hard mask on the LV region, and then performing a thermal oxidation process to form a gate dielectric layer on the MV region. Preferably, a hump is formed on the substrate surface of the MV region after the hard mask is removed, in which the hump further includes a first hump adjacent to one side of the substrate on the MV region and a second hump adjacent to another side of the substrate on the MV region.

Abstract: A random access method for a user equipment (UE) and apparatus thereof, and a random access method for a base station and apparatus thereof. The random access method for the user equipment (UE) comprises: acquiring random access resource configuration information; determining a subcarrier spacing of a random access preamble; determining a random access occasion (RO) according to the random access resource configuration information and the subcarrier spacing of the random access preamble; and transmitting the random access preamble on the determined RO.

Abstract: This application provides a terminal antenna, including a first radiator, a second radiator, a third radiator, a first tuning circuit, and a second tuning circuit. The third radiator includes a low frequency radiator and a medium-high frequency radiator. The first tuning circuit is configured to adjust a frequency of a resonance of a ¾? mode of a medium-high frequency produced by the low frequency radiator to be less than a frequency of a resonance of a left-handed antenna mode. The second tuning circuit is configured to adjust the frequency of the resonance of the left-handed antenna mode to be greater than the frequency of the resonance of the ¾? mode of the medium-high frequency produced by resonating by the low frequency radiator. Values of both the first distance and the second distance are less than 1/16? of a frequency band in which the third radiator produces a low frequency.

Abstract: A non-contact system for the sensing of pH includes a hyperspectral imaging device configured to capture a hyperspectral image of a fluid, a flow cell configured to enable the capturing of a hyperspectral image of a fluid, a process, and a memory. The memory includes instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to generate a hyperspectral image of the fluid in the flow cell, generate several spectral signals based on the hyperspectral image, provide the spectral signal as an input to a machine learning network, and predict by the machine learning network a pH of a fluid.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may generate first HARQ-ACK information bits based on a first PDSCH and second HARQ-ACK information bits based on a second PDSCH. The UE may determine a first slot for an expected PUCCH transmission with the first HARQ-ACK information bits. When the UE is configured for deferring HARQ-ACK for the first PDSCH and when the first slot is unavailable for the expected PUCCH transmission, the UE may determine an earliest second slot that is available. The UE may also determine a third slot for an expected PUCCH transmission with the second HARQ-ACK information bits assigned for the second PDSCH. The resource assigned for transmission of the first HARQ-ACK information bits is used to verify the order for the first and second HARQ-ACK transmissions regardless of whether the first slot is unavailable and the second earliest slot is used for transmission of the first HARQ-ACK information bits.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, device and storage medium for video recording. The method comprises: collecting voice data and an image of a target user; determining a match degree between the voice data and a reference audio; determining a target effect based on the match degree; adding the target effect to the collected image to obtain a target image; encoding the voice data and the target image to obtain a target video.

Abstract: A compact LiDAR device is provided. The compact LiDAR device includes a first mirror disposed to receive one or more light beams and a polygon mirror optically coupled to the first mirror. The polygon mirror comprises a plurality of reflective facets. For at least two of the plurality of reflective facets, each reflective facet is arranged such that: a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge of the reflective facet correspond to a first line, a second line, and a third line; the first line and the second line intersect to form a first internal angle of a plane comprising the reflective facet; and the first line and the third line intersect to form a second internal angle of the plane comprising the reflective facet. The first internal angle is an acute angle; and the second internal angle is an obtuse angle.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to peptide immunogen constructs targeting portions of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (IAPP), compositions containing the constructs, antibodies elicited by the constructs, and methods for making and using the constructs and compositions thereof. The disclosed peptide immunogen constructs have more than about 30 amino acids and contain (a) a B cell epitope having about more than about 6 contiguous amino acid residues from the IAPP aggregation prone region of the full-length IAPP protein; (b) a heterologous Th epitope; and (c) an optional heterologous spacer. The disclosed IAPP peptide immunogen constructs stimulate the generation of highly specific antibodies directed IAPP for the prevention and/or treatment of disorders associated with aggregated IAPP.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. An apparatus and a method performed by the same in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes: receiving configuration information from a base station; and receiving a downlink signal from the base station based on the configuration information, the downlink signal including downlink data. The downlink data includes a unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and/or a multicast/broadcast PDSCH, the unicast PDSCH includes a dynamically scheduled unicast PDSCH and/or a unicast semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH, and the multicast/broadcast PDSCH includes a dynamically scheduled multicast/broadcast PDSCH and/or a multicast/broadcast SPS PDSCH. The present disclosure improves the efficiency of uplink or downlink transmission.

Abstract: A method for reconstructing a target cardiac image is provided. The method may include: determining a quality index for each cardiac image of a plurality of cardiac images corresponding to one or more cardiac motion phases; determining a phase of interest base on the plurality of quality indexes; and obtaining the target cardiac image of the phase of interest.