Abstract: The disclosure features methods of forming composite materials, and the composite materials formed by such methods. The methods include forming a mixture that includes a binder material and a filler material, and applying a pressure of at least 10 MPa to the mixture to form the composite material, where the composite material thus formed includes less than 9% by weight of the binder material, less than 18% by volume of the binder material, or both, and has a flexural strength of at least 3 MPa.

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments provide a method and system for communicating air traffic control information. An audio signal comprising voice activity is received. Air traffic control information in the voice activity is identified using an artificial intelligence algorithm. A text transcript of the air traffic control information is generated and displayed on a confirmation display. Voice activity in the audio signal may be detected by identifying portions of the audio signal that comprise speech based on a comparison between the power spectrum of the audio signal and the power spectrum of noise and forming speech segments comprising the portions of the audio signal that comprise speech.

Abstract: An action recognition method and apparatus related to artificial intelligence and include extracting a spatial feature of a to-be-processed picture, determining a virtual optical flow feature of the to-be-processed picture based on the spatial feature and X spatial features and X optical flow features in a preset feature library, where the X spatial features and the X optical flow features include a one-to-one correspondence, determining a first type of confidence of the to-be-processed picture in different action categories based on similarities between the virtual optical flow feature and Y optical flow features, where each of the Y optical flow features in the preset feature library corresponds to one action category, X and Y are both integers greater than 1, and determining an action category of the to-be-processed picture based on the first type of confidence.

Abstract: A switching circuit includes a live wire power obtaining circuit, a control circuit, and a tunable capacitor array. The live wire power obtaining circuit is coupled to a live wire to receive an alternating current (AC) voltage. The control circuit is configured to perform a zero-crossing detection to the alternating current voltage. The tunable capacitor array is coupled to the live wire power obtaining circuit and the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to control the live wire power obtaining circuit to supply power to the control circuit or the tunable capacitor array to discharge to supply power to the control circuit based on a state of a first switch and a zero-crossing detection result.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for video processing, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining, on the basis of paragraph information of a query text paragraph and video information of multiple videos in a video library, preselected videos associated with the query text paragraph in the multiple videos; and determining a target video in the preselected videos on the basis of video frame information of the preselected videos and of sentence information of the query text paragraph. The method for video processing of the embodiments of the present disclosure indexes videos by means of the relevance between the videos and the query text paragraph, allows the pinpointing of the target video, avoids search result redundancy, allows the processing of the query text paragraph in a natural language form, and is not limited by the inherent contents of content labels.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for enrichment and detection of molecules of a target biomarker. In one aspect, In one aspect, a biosensor device for enriching and detecting biomarker molecules include a substrate, and a microarray of hydrophilic islands disposed on the substrate. A sensing area on each of the microarray hydrophilic islands is structured to anchor bio-molecular probes of at least one type for detecting molecules of a target biomarker and to attract an array of nanodroplets of a biomarker solution that includes the target biomarker molecules. A hydrophobic surface is disposed to surround the microarray of hydrophilic islands.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a position and attitude determining method. The method includes acquiring, by tracking a feature point of a first marked image, position and attitude parameters of an image captured by a camera; using a previous image of a first image as a second marked image in response to the previous image of the first image meeting a feature point tracking condition and the first image failing to meet the feature point tracking condition; acquiring, position and attitude parameters of the image captured by the camera relative to the second marked image; acquiring position and attitude parameters according to the position and attitude parameters of the image relative to the second marked image and position and attitude parameters of each marked image relative to a previous marked image; and determining a position and an attitude of the camera according to the position and attitude parameters.

Abstract: A collision monitoring apparatus can include a camera to acquire a video image of surroundings of at least one target protection component on the C-arm X-ray machine system; an image processor to determine a scene of the surroundings of the at least one target protection component according to the video image; and a controller to control a C-arm X-ray machine system to stop moving or slow down when it is determined that a possible collision exists according to the scene of the surroundings of the at least one target protection component. Advantageously the apparatus effectively prevents patients, operators, patient examination beds and other obstacles from suffering a serious collision with the C-arm itself.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a position and pose determining method performed at an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring, by tracking a first feature point extracted from a marked image, position and pose parameters of a first image captured by a camera relative to the marked image; extracting a second feature point from the first image in a case that the first image fails to meet a feature point tracking condition; and acquiring, by tracking the first feature point and the second feature point, position and pose parameters of a second image captured by the camera relative to the marked image, and determining a position and a pose of the camera according to the position and pose parameters, the second image being an image captured by the camera after the first image.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery includes introducing a first material to the battery, providing an anode, a cathode and a separator of the battery; and assembling the anode, the separator and the cathode. The first material is configured and arranged to increase the internal impedance of the battery upon mechanical or thermal loading.

Abstract: A prediction method for selecting a target object for use in an electronic device is provided. The method includes the steps of: (A) displaying a plurality of objects and a cursor on a display of the electronic device; (B) obtaining moving speed, a moving vector, and a cursor position of the cursor as well as a plurality of object positions of the objects; (C) in response to the cursor position and the object positions satisfying a predetermined condition, determining whether a previously selected object exists; (D) in response to the previously selected object existing and the moving speed of the cursor being greater than a speed threshold, selecting the object with the shortest distance to the cursor as the target object by referencing the previously selected object and referring to the motion vector.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for high-precision three-dimensional printing using a salt solution. The apparatus includes a receiving platform system and a printing device. The receiving platform system includes a conductivity cell, a high-voltage electrostatic generation system, a printing platform, and a printing platform driver. The conductivity cell contains salt solution. The high-voltage electrostatic generating system is connected with the conductivity cell. The printing platform is disposed in the salt solution in the conductivity cell. The printing platform driver is connected with the printing platform to drive the printing platform to move along a Z?-axis perpendicular to a horizontal direction. The printing device prints a product on the printing platform. The apparatus is convenient to operate, and solves the problems of low resolution of biological 3D printing, limited product height, and difficulty in using multiple printing methods in combination.

Abstract: Action recognition methods are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for intelligently determining hydrate drilling and production risks based on fuzzy judgment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a gate formed on the substrate. The above manufacturing method is used to form a gate on the substrate. The above manufacturing method specifically includes: providing a substrate; forming a trench in an upper portion of the substrate; depositing a gate layer on the substrate, the gate layer including two step portions extending from the outside of the trench to the inside of the trench; etching the gate layer from two ends of the trench along the two step portions toward the center of the trench to form the gate in the trench, wherein the width of the gate is smaller than the width of the trench. The manufacturing method of the present invention can easily and efficiently form a gate having a small critical dimension and precisely controllable on a semiconductor substrate, thereby meeting increasingly stringent gate size requirements.

Abstract: This application discloses a link decision-making method, applied to a link decision-making system including first and second user equipment that are in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call status, a transit server, and a decision-making computing device. A first link directly connecting the two user equipment and a second link that transits by using the transit server exist between the two user equipment. The decision-making computing device is responsible for making, according to a link quality score of a current sending link between the first and second user equipment, a decision about using the first link or the second link as a subsequent sending link of the first user equipment. According to the link decision-making method provided in this application, it can be ensured that a better link can be selected to transmit a data stream of VoIP, thereby improving the quality of service (QoS) of the VoIP.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preventing a maloperation of differential protection of an optical fiber caused by saturation of a single Current Transformer (CT) of 3/2 connection. By applying a combination of the differential judgment and the sub-CT current judgment, reliable identification of internal and external faults is ensured, and the problem of misjudging of the internal fault as the external fault can be prevented as well.

Abstract: A multilayer structure comprising solid layers and defining at least one gap that separates the solid layers to form an alternating pattern of the solid layers and the at least one gap in the structure.

Abstract: A method for controlling a ceiling fan motor includes: setting a target value of rotational speed and a limited value of rotational torque; controlling the ceiling fan motor to operate; obtaining operation information of the ceiling fan motor; calculating a current rotational speed and a current rotational torque according to the operation information; determining whether the current rotational torque is greater than or equal to the limited value of rotational torque; performing a constant rotational torque operation when the current rotational torque is greater than or equal to the limited value of rotational torque; determining whether the current rotational speed reaches the target value of rotational speed when the current rotational torque is less than the limited value of rotational torque; performing a constant rotational speed operation when the current rotational speed reaches the target value of rotational speed; and increasing torque current of the ceiling fan motor.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for enrichment and detection of molecules of a target biomarker. In one aspect, In one aspect, a biosensor device for enriching and detecting biomarker molecules include a substrate, and a microarray of hydrophilic islands disposed on the substrate. A sensing area on each of the microarray hydrophilic islands is structured to anchor bio-molecular probes of at least one type for detecting molecules of a target biomarker and to attract an array of nanodroplets of a biomarker solution that includes the target biomarker molecules. A hydrophobic surface is disposed to surround the microarray of hydrophilic islands.