Abstract: A biometric input system for an electronic device is provided. The biometric input system may be a fingerprint sensing system. The biometric input system includes a biometric sensing component, which may be a capacitive sensing component. The biometric input system also includes a composite cover element, which may be a dielectric cap or coating, and the biometric sensing component is capable of receiving a biometric input from a user through the composite cover element. Electronic devices including the biometric input system are also provided.

Abstract: Provided are a data modulation method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The data modulation method includes that: a modulation manner is configured, where a constellation point modulation symbol of the modulation manner is formed by combining a first group of constellation point modulation symbols and a second group of constellation point modulation symbols; and data is modulated by using the modulation manner, where the data includes a first data block and a second data block, the first data block is modulated by the first group of constellation point modulation symbols, and the second data block is modulated by the second group of constellation point modulation symbols.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a channel state information (CSI) configuration indicating a first feedback reporting periodicity for a dominant, or strong, spatial layer and a second feedback reporting periodicity for a non-dominant, or weak, spatial layer. The UE may transmit a first CSI report for at least the dominant spatial layer according to the first feedback reporting periodicity. The UE may transmit a second CSI report for the non-dominant spatial layer according to the second feedback reporting periodicity. In some cases, for aperiodic reporting, the UE may be triggered by downlink control information to report CSI for the dominant spatial layer. In some cases, the CSI configuration may indicate different codebooks for the dominant and non-dominant spatial layers.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a case body including an accommodation trough and a pressure relief member; battery modules; and trays each corresponding to corresponding one of the battery modules and including a tray body and supports; where each of the battery modules is bonded to an upper side of the tray body by an adhesive, a first end of each of the supports is connected to the tray body, a second end of the support is in contact with a bottom portion of the accommodation trough, the tray body and the bottom portion of the accommodation trough are spaced apart to form a pressure relief cavity communicating with the pressure relief member, each of the supports is provided with a first through hole, and the adhesive is bonded to the bottom portion of the accommodation trough through the first through hole from the upper side.

Abstract: A data processing method, a storage medium, and a processor are provided that solve the technical problem of low efficient of data storage. The data processing method is applied to a storage engine, and involves determining that target data is transmitted from a target application to a first persistent memory region of a storage device, and sending a target instruction to the storage device. The target instruction is used for instructing the storage device to write the target data from the first persistent memory region into a memory of the storage device.

Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes: a substrate, and a plurality of first light-emitting devices, a plurality of first pixel drive circuits, a plurality of connecting lines, a plurality of second light-emitting devices and a plurality of second pixel drive circuits disposed on the substrate. The plurality of first light-emitting devices disposed in a light-transmitting display region are coupled to the first pixel drive circuits disposed in a conventional display region through the plurality of connecting lines. An acute angle is provided between an extending direction of at least part of segments of at least one connecting line in the plurality of connecting lines and the first direction, wherein the at least part of segments are disposed in the light-transmitting display region.

Abstract: A string of shingled solar cells is disclosed. The string of shingled solar cells has flexible joints connecting the solar cells made from cured liquid polymeric adhesive. An electrically conductive interconnect passes through the flexible joint. The string of shingled solar cells also has interconnect reinforcements made from cured liquid polymeric adhesive to improve interconnect adhesion to the front surface of the solar cells.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For instance, a base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), control signaling indicating a configuration for transmitting a reference signal for reconfigurable surface configuration. The base station may receive, via a reconfigurable surface, the reference signal based on transmitting the control signaling. For instance, the reconfigurable surface may reflect the reference signal to the base station using a first configuration of the reconfigurable surface. The base station may transmit, to a controller of the reconfigurable surface, a set of parameters for configuring the reconfigurable surface to a second configuration for communications between the base station and the UE based on receiving the reference signal via the reconfigurable surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a difficult airway evaluation method and device based on a machine learning voice technology. The method includes the following steps: acquiring voice data of a patient; carrying out feature extraction on the voice data, obtaining a pitch period of pronunciations, and acquiring a voiced sound feature and unvoiced sound features based on the pitch period of pronunciations; and constructing a difficult airway evaluation classifier based on the machine learning voice technology, analyzing the received voiced sound feature and unvoiced sound features by the trained difficult airway evaluation classifier, and carrying out scoring on the severity of a difficult airway to obtain an evaluation result of the difficult airway.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data processing method and system, a device, a storage system, and a medium. The data processing method includes: receiving a logic address corresponding to data to be processed; storing the logic address as a first access unit in a first storage pool; and in a case that the quantity of the stored first access units in the first storage pool meets a requirement, combining a plurality of first access units into a logic address group and storing the logic address group as a second access unit in a second storage pool so as to process the data based on the second access unit.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing based communication. In some aspects, a transmitter of OAM multiplexing based communication may determine an azimuth mode configuration for transmitting a data stream, wherein the azimuth mode configuration indicates one or more azimuth modes. The transmitter may transmit, to a receiver of the OAM multiplexing based communication, the data stream based at least in part on the azimuth mode configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Provided are a protein containing an amino acid sequence capable of binding to a peptide fragment of a substrate GPRP, a fibrinogen-like protein 1 (FGL1) containing the amino acid sequence, and a fibrinogen domain (FD) of the FGL1, wherein a single FD protein also has a function the same as or similar to that of the FGL1. The FGL1 and FD, which have different action mechanisms from existing drugs, can inhibit fibrin assembly in the process of thrombogenesis by means of competing for fibrin substrate binding pockets. The FGL1 and FD can have a stronger affinity to the substrate by means of mutation, thereby effectively enhancing a usage effect of drugs for treating thrombus.

Abstract: Method, systems and devices for determining a transport block size (TBS) are disclosed. The method comprises determining the TBS based on a parameter or a signaling associated with an event of determining an intermediate value of a TBS determination procedure, wherein the parameter or a signaling is available for a wireless terminal supporting a release version, wherein the intermediate value is determined based on a plurality of resource parameters, wherein the plurality of resource parameters comprises at least one of the total number of resource elements allocated to the wireless terminal, a rate, a modulation order, and the number of layers.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods for molybdenum fill in semiconductor devices are provided. In one aspect, a method for processing a semiconductor device substrate is provided. The method includes exposing at least one feature formed in a dielectric layer to a grain modification layer deposition process to deposit a grain modification layer over at least a portion of the at least one feature. The at least one feature is defined by sidewall surfaces formed in the dielectric layer and a bottom surface extending between the sidewall surfaces. The method further includes exposing the at least one feature to a molybdenum deposition process to form a molybdenum-fill layer on the grain modification layer, wherein the grain modification layer comprises a metal different from molybdenum.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of immunobiology, and relates to an epitope polypeptide, such as a general affinity epitope polypeptide of human rhinovirus, and the use thereof. The present invention further relates to an antibody capable of binding to the epitope polypeptide and the use thereof. The present invention further relates to the use of the affinity epitope polypeptide or the antibody in the preparation of drugs or in methods for treating and/or preventing and/or diagnosing human rhinovirus and/or identifying a titer of human rhinovirus and/or identifying a titer of a neutralizing antibody of human rhinovirus. The affinity epitope polypeptide and antibody can be used in drugs or methods for treating and/or preventing and/or diagnosing human rhinovirus and/or identifying a titer of human rhinovirus and/or identifying a titer of a neutralizing antibody of human rhinovirus.

Abstract: A data processing method, system and device, and a medium are provided. The method comprises: receiving a data stream; dicing the data stream to obtain a plurality of segmented data blocks; respectively calculating verification information corresponding to the plurality of segmented data blocks; and sending the segmented data blocks and the corresponding check information as a target logic block to a storage device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a 5Ni steel plate with a low remanence and an excellent surface quality to be used in a ship. The process flow thereof comprises: converter smelting->LF refining->RH high vacuum degassing->treatment with Ca->continuous casting->a slow cooling treatment to the slab->cleaning the surface of the slab->heating->rolling->quenching twice->tempering. The constituents comprise a low content of carbon, a low content of silicon, and 5% Ni, with V and Nb being added thereto, which improves the hardenability, improves the toughness at a low temperature, and improves the starting temperature of non-recrystallization of austenite. The steel plate can be subjected to high-temperature rolling and high-temperature quenching so as to significantly improve the shape of the plate, thus being applicable to the production of thin products.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiver of a holographic multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication may receive, using at least one receive antenna element, a plurality of reference signals associated with at least one transmit antenna element of a transmitter of the holographic MIMO communication. The receiver may communicate using two-dimensional beams or three-dimensional beams based at least in part on a determination of a beam format associated with the plurality of reference signals. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus relating to rate matching for new radio (NR) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a rate matching resource (RMR) configuration from a serving cell. The method also includes identifying one or more first resource elements (REs) to be rate matched around at least in part based on a transmission numerology associated with the RMR configuration, wherein the one or more first REs are used for reference signal (RS) transmission in the serving cell or a neighboring cell. The method further includes mapping a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to one or more second REs not including the first REs.

Abstract: A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), includes receiving, from a base station, a reference signal (RS) on a set of resource elements (REs), the RS having been multiplexed onto the set of REs based on a non-orthogonal cover code, and a number of REs in the set of REs being less than a number of ports associated with the RS. The method further includes estimating, at the UE via a channel estimation neural network, a channel based on receiving the RS. The method still further includes transmitting, to the base station, a feedback report associated with the estimated channel based on receiving the RS.