Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, Compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are modulators of the C5a receptor. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use including the treatment of diseases or disorders involving pathologic activation from C5a and non-pharmaceutical applications.

Abstract: A fluidized catalytic conversion method for maximizing the production of propylene includes the steps of: 1) contacting a heavy feedstock oil with a catalytic conversion catalyst having a temperature of 650° C. or higher for reaction; 2) contacting a hydrocarbon oil feedstock having an olefin content of 50 wt % or more with the catalytic conversion catalyst after the reaction of step 1); 3) separating a first catalytic cracking distillate oil and a second catalytic cracking distillate oil from the resulting reaction products; 4) separating an olefin-rich stream from the first catalytic cracking distillate oil; and 5) recycling the olefin-rich stream. The method can effectively improve the yield of propylene and realize an effective utilization of petroleum resources.

Abstract: Embodiments provide an integrated actuator and pressure sensor with closed-loop feedback of capacitance, resulting in improved actuation performance and cost-effective form factor. The disclosed integrated piezoelectric ceramic actuator comprises a capacitance sensing unit, and a piezoelectric ceramic. It operates in either actuation mode or pressure sensing mode. During the actuation operation mode, the integrated actuator generates a first control signal based on the capacitance measured at the capacitance sensing unit. During the pressure sensing operation mode, the working parameters corresponding to pressure applied to the piezoelectric ceramic are determined based on the measured capacitances.

Abstract: An angle detection apparatus, method, and electronic device for detecting the rotational angle of an axis are disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a first electrode plate on a first plane; second and third electrode plates on a parallel plane, each being of equal size, sharing a common center, and shaped as ring sectors. A dielectric material is positioned between the planes, with its rotational axis perpendicular to the planes and aligned with the center of the ring sectors. The dielectric material's projection on each electrode plate forms a ring sector with matching center and diameters. A capacitance detection chip connects to the three electrode plates to measure the ratio between capacitances detected across the first-second and first-third electrode plates. Changes in this capacitance ratio over time indicate the rotational angle of the dielectric material's axis.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating certain cancers comprising administering to the subject in need there of an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Ra, and Rb are as defined herein.

Abstract: The present application relates to methods and apparatus for MRO for PSCell change or CPAC in NR-U. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a master node (MN), comprising: a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive first information related to downlink (DL) listen before talk (LBT) failure from a first secondary node (SN), and/or second information related to uplink (UL) LBT failure associated with secondary cell group (SCG) failure from one of: a user equipment (UE), or a third node, or a second SN; and wherein the processor is configured to determine whether or not to transfer the first information and/or the second information to the second SN for the second SN to perform a SCG failure type detection.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for mobility enhancements for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). According to an embodiment of the present application, a user equipment (UE) includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor; and the processor is configured: to receive, via the transceiver, configuration information of a conditional handover (CHO) procedure regarding at least one of a height based condition or a flight path based condition; to evaluate whether at least one execution condition for at least one candidate cell of the CHO procedure is satisfied, wherein the at least one execution condition includes the at least one of the height based condition or the flight path based condition; and to execute the CHO procedure upon the at least one execution condition being satisfied.

Abstract: A process for producing high-purity ?-caprolactam includes the following steps: (1) cyclohexanone oxime is subjected to a gas phase Beckmann rearrangement reaction; (2) the reaction product obtained from step (1) is successively subjected to gas-liquid separation, solvent removal, and light impurity removal to produce a crude caprolactam; (3) the crude caprolactam is subjected to crystallization to produce a crystallization product and a crystallization mother liquor; (4) the crystallization mother liquor is subjected to crystallization to produce a crystal slurry. At least a part of the crystal slurry is returned to step (2) and/or step (3). The purification process can obtain high-purity caprolactam through only one crystallization and one mother liquor crystallization without reducing the overall yield of caprolactam.

Abstract: Disclosed are an advanced persistent threat (APT) detection method and system based on a continuous-time dynamic heterogeneous graph network (CDHGN). The method includes: selecting network interaction event data, extracting entities from the network interaction event data as source nodes and target nodes, extracting an interaction event occurring between a source node and a target node as an edge, and determining a type and an attribute of a node, a type and an attribute of the edge, and a moment at which an interaction event occurs, to obtain a continuous-time dynamic heterogeneous graph; converting each type of edge in the continuous-time dynamic heterogeneous graph into a vector by a CDHGN encoder, to obtain an embedding representation by a CDHGN decoder to obtain a detection result of whether each type of edge is an abnormal edge, to intercept an APT attack.

Abstract: Provided is a portable automated chest-abdominal compression (CC-AC) device used in confined spaces and a manipulation method thereof, comprising: a compression mechanism having a strap fixing module, a compression plate connected to the strap fixing module and a compression piston arranged on one side of the compression plate; a detection module having a displacement sensor and a pressure sensor; a control module receiving compression depth and pressure, and obtaining a compensation value of time of a single compression according to the compression depth and a target depth, thereby controlling an action of a driving mechanism during the CC process; constructing an abdominal mechanics model according to the compression depth and pressure, and compensating the compression depth according to the target pressure by using the abdominal mechanics model, thereby controlling the action of the driving mechanism during the AC process.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for compute processing. For example, disclosed techniques facilitate improving performance of matrix multiplication in streaming processor. Aspects of the present disclosure can execute, with a load control unit, a first load instruction to load a set of input data of an input matrix from a first memory to a second memory. Aspects of the present disclosure can also execute, with the load control unit, a second load instruction to load a set of weight data of a weight matrix from the first memory to the second memory. Additionally, aspects of the present disclosure can perform, with an ALU component, a matrix multiplication operation using the set of input data and the set of weight data to generate an output matrix. Further, aspects of the present disclosure can store the output matrix at a general purpose register accessible to the ALU component.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and apparatus of reporting buffer status. An exemplary UE includes: at least one receiving circuitry; at least one transmitting circuitry; and at least one processor coupled to the at least one receiving circuitry and the at least one transmitting circuitry, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: trigger a buffer status report (BSR) in response to a trigger condition associated with an application data unit (ADU) being satisfied; and generate buffer status information for the BSR.

Abstract: A method for preparing nanomaterial macroscopic composites through substrate heating and solvent evaporation is provided, and the method includes setting a substrate, and preparing a reaction precursor solution required for the synthesis of nanomaterials; evenly dropping a small volume of the precursor solution on/in the substrate; performing a heating method to make the substrate generate a heat and transferring the heat to the precursor solution on/in the substrate; after a period of time, terminating the heating of the substrate to finish the synthesis, removing and cleaning the substrate, thus obtaining corresponding nanomaterial macroscopic composites.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses of a mobility robustness optimization (MRO) mechanism for uplink (UL) coverage enhancement (CE) and network slicing procedures. According to an embodiment of the present application, a user equipment (UE) includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor; and the processor is configured: to receive, via the transceiver from a network node, configuration information regarding at least one of a network slicing operation or an uplink (UL) transmission repetition operation; to perform a UL data transmission procedure or a random access channel (RACH) procedure based on the configuration information; and to transmit, via the transceiver to a serving cell, assistant information related to a failure of the UL data transmission procedure or a random access problem of the RACH procedure, wherein the assistant information is associated with at least one of the network slicing operation or the UL transmission repetition operation.

Abstract: The curved fork-like grating is provided where curves formed by all points in the same relative positions in respective periods are distributed to be curved and fork-like, so that incident light irradiated on the curved fork-like grating is converted into Bessel-Gaussian light. Such a curved fork-like structure can be achieved by various gratings, such as a metal grating, a dielectric grating, or a metal and dielectric hybrid grating, without affecting their intrinsic characteristics, such as a diffraction efficiency, a use band, a diffraction angle, and a polarization characteristic except that a diffraction light field carries a high-order Bessel phase. Compared with a method for obtaining Bessel-Gaussian light in the prior art, the curved fork-like grating provided by the present invention is simpler in light path and appropriate for a wide band.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to polishing compositions that include (1) at least one abrasive; (2) at least one organic acid or a salt thereof; (3) at least one first amine compound, the at least one first amine compound including an alkylamine having a 6-24 carbon alkyl chain; (4) at least one second amine compound containing at least two nitrogen atoms, the second amine compound being different from the first amine compound; and (5) an aqueous solvent.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for annotating video data performed by a computer device. The method includes: displaying target video data in a video application; displaying annotated media data in the video application in response to a trigger operation performed on a progress time point annotation function in the video application, the annotated media data being media data associated with a current progress time point, the current progress time point being a progress time point corresponding to the trigger operation to which the target video data is played; and sharing the annotated media data with another user in response to a confirmation operation performed on the annotated media data, the annotated media data enabling the second user to perform a progress jump on the target video data based on the current progress time point. Through this application, efficiency of video progress positioning can be improved.

Abstract: A method for catalytically synthesizing furaneol, which uses a specific peptide to function as a catalyst, uses rhamnose to function as a raw material, and uses an organic solvent and a phosphate buffer to function as a reaction solvent to be co-heated to prepare furaneol.

Abstract: A video-based interaction method includes playing a video on a video playback interface to which a target object is logged in, acquiring a local viewing marking record of the video and scene identifiers of markable scene clips in the video, comparing the local viewing marking record with the scene identifiers to determine an unmarked target scene clip in the video, displaying, in response to playing to the target scene clip and on the video playback interface, a target scene clip marking entry that indicates performing viewing marking on the target scene clip, and displaying a viewing marking credential for the target clip in response to a viewing marking trigger operation on the target scene clip marking entry. The viewing marking credential covers a part of the video playback interface, is an independent operable object, and includes description information of the video and identity information of the target object.

Abstract: This disclosure relates polishing compositions that include (1) at least one abrasive; (2) at least one organic acid or a salt thereof; (3) at least one first amine compound, the at least one first amine compound including an alkylamine having a 6-24 carbon alkyl chain; (4) at least one second amine compound containing at least two nitrogen atoms, the second amine compound being different from the first amine compound; and (5) an aqueous solvent.