Abstract: An electronic device including a body and a receptacle connector is provided. The body has a side wall surface, a receptacle slot located at the side wall surface, a waterproof protrusion protruding from the side wall surface, and two gutters located at the side wall surface, where the waterproof protrusion is located above the receptacle slot, and the two gutters are respectively located at two opposite sides of the receptacle slot. The receptacle connector is disposed in the receptacle slot.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide element including first optical microstructures and second optical microstructures. An angle value of an angle of the first optical microstructures is V1. When the second optical microstructures are respectively recessed into or protrude from a bottom surface, a projection of each sub-optical microstructure on a reference plane has a peak point closest or to farthest from a light emitting surface and a first valley point and a second valley point farthest from or closest to the light emitting surface, a height difference between the peak point and the first valley point or the second valley point is ?H, a length difference between the peak point and the first valley point or the second valley point is ?L, and tan?1(?H/?L) is V2, where V2>0 and V2?0.5·V1.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a fluorine-containing mixture and a fluorine-containing super-oleophobic microporous membrane using the fluorine-containing mixture as a raw material, as well as preparation methods and applications for the fluorine-containing mixture and the fluorine-containing super-oleophobic microporous membrane. The fluorine-containing mixture of the present disclosure comprises, by weight percentage, the following components: Component A: 50%˜90%; Component B: 3%˜25%; Component C: 0%˜35%; Component D: 0%˜3%; wherein Component A comprises high molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene homopolymer or copolymer dispersion resin; Component B comprises one or more fluorine-containing alkyl acrylate monomers; Component C comprises one or more fluorine-free acrylates; Component D comprises high temperature free radical initiator.

Abstract: A method of detecting forward and reverse connection of a three-phase motor is disclosed, including: turning on a first solid-state switch pair and a second solid-state switch pair into conduction for a predetermined period of time so that current can flow between a power supply and the three-phase motor; detecting output current of a solid-state motor starter; and determining the forward and reverse connection state of the three-phase motor based on the output current of the solid-state motor starter, in a case that currents exist at a first output terminal and a second output terminal, it is determined that the three-phase motor is in the forward connection state, and in a case that currents exist at the first output terminal and a third output terminal, it is determined that the three-phase motor is in the reverse connection state. Furthermore, a solid-state motor starter is disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an Al—Ce—Cu alloy for use in additive manufacturing. The disclosed alloy embodiments provide fabricated objects, such as bulk components, comprising a heterogeneous microstructure and having good mechanical properties even when exposed to conditions used during the additive manufacturing process. Methods for making and using alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating speech from text. One of the systems includes one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to implement: a sequence-to-sequence recurrent neural network configured to: receive a sequence of characters in a particular natural language, and process the sequence of characters to generate a spectrogram of a verbal utterance of the sequence of characters in the particular natural language; and a subsystem configured to: receive the sequence of characters in the particular natural language, and provide the sequence of characters as input to the sequence-to-sequence recurrent neural network to obtain as output the spectrogram of the verbal utterance of the sequence of characters in the particular natural language.

Abstract: A session shared data system accesses a first communication between a user and a support agent on a first communication channel and stores communication data associated with the first communication in a session shared data object. The session shared data system accesses a subsequent communication between the user and a second agent on a second communication channel, receives a query associated with the subsequent communication and transmits the response to a device of the second agent.

Abstract: A synchronous driving device includes a driving source and a driving drive mechanism. The driving drive mechanism includes a first housing and a driving transmission assembly arranged in the first housing and engaged in transmission. The driving transmission assembly includes an input shaft, a first output shaft, a second output shaft and a third output shaft. A driving end of the driving source is connected with the input shaft. The third output shaft is perpendicular to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The first output shaft, the second output shaft and the third output shaft are configured to be driven by the driving source to rotate synchronously. A photovoltaic tracking bracket system having the synchronous driving device is also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for running unified simulations on clusters. Exemplary implementations may include: receiving simulation parameters for a simulation of a cluster; generating synthesized workload events based the simulation parameters of the cluster; determining a memory latency associated with the cluster; determining a reliability and availability of resources in the cluster for a predetermined duration of time; simulating events for jobs in the cluster based on the reliability and availability of resources in the cluster, each job associated with one or more synthesized workload events; and outputting simulation results based on the synthesized workload, the memory latency, and the events.

Abstract: A method for testing a heat transfer fluid based on a charged wire test (CWT) includes applying and measuring discharge current through a test circuit formed when a cathode and an anode are at least partially immersed in the heat transfer fluid in a container and a voltmeter coupled to the cathode and the anode is turned on during the CWT. The method includes measuring temperature of the heat transfer fluid during the CWT, determining a current profile based on the measured discharge current, and determining a temperature profile based on the measured temperature. The method includes determining a pass/fail status and/or a rank status of the heat transfer fluid based on pass/fail criteria based on the current profile and the temperature profile during an entire duration of the CWT.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I) and their anti-tumor uses, and their intermediates of formula (III), and uses of the intermediates. The compound of formula (I) has a degrading effect on a specific target protein, which is mainly composed of three parts. The first part is a small molecule compound (SMBP, Small Molecules Binding Protein) that can bind to a protein, the second part LIN is a linker, and the three-part ULM is a ubiquitin ligand (ULM, Ubiquitin Ligase Binding Moiety), wherein SMBP is covalently bound to LIN, and LIN is covalently bound to ULM. A series of compounds designed and synthesized in the present disclosure have a wide range of pharmacological activities, including the functions of degrading specific proteins and/or inhibiting activities of specific proteins, and thus can be used in related tumor treatments.

Abstract: One aspect of the present application relates to a recombinant cell comprising a chimeric antigen receptor and shRNA targeted to inhibit the life cycle of HIV. Another aspect of the present application relates to a chimeric antigen molecule, the extracellular region of which is from or comprising the extracellular region of human CD4 molecule, the transmembrane region of which is from or comprising the transmembrane domain of CD8?, and a recombinant cell comprising the above chimeric antigen molecule. The above recombinant cell can be used to treat HIV infection, and have stronger comprehensive killing efficacy, longer effective time, and less risk of causing cytokine storm in the environment of HIV infection.

Abstract: A compound and the method for treating bacterial infections thereof are provided, wherein the compound is derived from AS101 and having a general formula (I) or a general formula (II), and wherein the method includes administering an effective amount of compound having the general formula (I) or a compound having the general formula (I) and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A knitted component comprising two yarns, forming at least a heel region of an upper for an article of footwear, where one of the yarns comprises a thermoplastic material. The outer surface may include a fused area comprising a first thermoplastic yarn. The inner surface may be at least partially formed with a second yarn and may substantially exclude the thermoplastic material. There may be a transitional area including a reduced amount of thermoplastic material relative to a fused area. The knitted component may include a cushioning material between layers of the knit element.

Abstract: Methods for processing deposited metal nanowire inks with metal ions are used to form fused metal nanostructured networks. The metal nanowire inks include a hydrophilic polymer binder, such as a cellulose based binder. The metal nanowire inks can be deposited onto a substrate surface and dried to drive the fusing process. Transparent conductive films can be formed with desirable properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of MtNAC33 gene and a protein encoded thereby in the cultivation of high-biomass and drought-tolerant alfalfa, belonging to the technical field of plant genetic engineering. The plant protein encoded by MtNAC33 gene has the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, and MtNAC33 gene has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1. In the present invention, the drought tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana and alfalfa can be significantly improved by regulating the expression level of MtNAC33 in alfalfa. The phenotypes of delayed flowering, increased leaf-to-stem ratio and more biomass in alfalfa were also developed, which has an important effect for genetic improvement of stress resistance and biomass of forage grass and other crops.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active area between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer including an upper surface; an exposed region formed in the semiconductor stack to expose the upper surface; a first protective layer covering the exposed region and a portion of the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first protective layer includes a first part with a first thickness formed on the upper surface and a second part with a second thickness formed on the second semiconductor layer, the first thickness is smaller than the second thickness; a first reflective structure formed on the second semiconductor layer and including one or multiple openings; and a second reflective structure formed on the first reflective structure and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer through the one or multiple openings.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a Fe—Al intermetallic compound filter element and a preparation method thereof, which relates to the field of powder metallurgy and filtration technology. In view of the drawback in the prior art that using a fiber felt as a filtration layer reduces stability and reliability of a filter, the present invention provides an Fe—Al intermetallic compound filter element, which comprises: at least two filter-element parts, and a rebar connecting the at least two filter-element parts transversely by means of welding, wherein, the filter-element parts each comprises at least two segments of Fe—Al intermetallic compound filter-element powder tube and a connector connecting the at least two segments of Fe—Al intermetallic compound filter-element powder tube end-to-end by means of welding; and wherein, the at least two segments of Fe—Al intermetallic compound filter-element powder tube each comprises a substrate framework and a surface filtration membrane.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I) and their anti-tumor uses, and their intermediates of formula (III), intermediates of formula (IV), and uses of the intermediates. The compound of formula (I) has a degrading effect on a specific target protein, which is mainly composed of three parts. The first part is a small molecule compound (SMBP, Small Molecules Binding Protein) that can bind to a protein, the second part LIN is a linker, and the three-part ULM is a ubiquitin ligand (ULM, Ubiquitin Ligase Binding Moiety), wherein SMBP is covalently bound to LIN, and LIN is covalently bound to ULM. A series of compounds designed and synthesized in the present disclosure have a wide range of pharmacological activities, including the functions of degrading specific proteins and/or inhibiting activities of specific proteins, and thus can be used in related tumor treatments.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor layers arranged one above another, and source/drain epitaxial regions on opposite sides of the plurality of semiconductor layers. The semiconductor device further includes a gate structure surrounding each of the plurality of semiconductor layers. The gate structure includes interfacial layers respectively over the plurality of semiconductor layers, a high-k dielectric layer over the interfacial layers, and a gate metal over the high-k dielectric layer. The gate structure further includes gate spacers spacing apart the gate structure from the source/drain epitaxial regions. A top position of the high-k dielectric layer is lower than top positions of the gate spacers.