Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are IL-15 variants, IL-15/IL-15R?-Fc fusion proteins comprising the IL-15 variants and IL-15/IL-15R? fusion protein comprising the IL-15 variants the methods of producing the same and the uses thereof. The IL-15 variants, fusion proteins, and polypeptide complexes of the disclosure can be used as a potent agent for the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases.

Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to using machine learning (ML) models for performing channel state information (CSI) encoding or decoding, CSI-reference signal (RS) optimization, channel estimation, etc. The ML models can be trained by a user equipment (UE), separately by the UE and a network node (e.g., base station), or jointly by the UE and network node.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a training set of utterances for training a machine-learning model to identify one or more intents for one or more utterances, and augmenting the training set of utterances with out-of-domain (OOD) examples. The augmenting includes: generating a data set of OOD examples, filtering out OOD examples from the data set of OOD examples, determining a difficulty value for each OOD example remaining within the filtered data set of the OOD examples, and generating augmented batches of utterances including utterances from the training set of utterances and utterances from the filtered data set of the OOD based on the difficulty value for each OOD. Thereafter, the machine-learning model is trained using the augmented batches of utterances in accordance with a curriculum training protocol.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a metal gate of a PMOS, comprising: step 1, forming a P-type work function metal layer; step 2, depositing an N-type work function metal layer by means of a PVD process, wherein over a bottom surface of a gate trench, the N-type work function metal layer has a hill profile; step 3, forming a first top barrier metal sublayer by means of a conformal growth process, wherein the first top barrier metal sublayer completely fills a sharp corner area of the N-type work function metal layer at a corner of the gate trench; step 4, growing a second top barrier metal sublayer by means of a PVD bombardment process; step 5, forming a third top barrier metal sublayer and a fourth top barrier metal sublayer; and step 6, forming a metal conductive material layer.

Abstract: A wide bandgap semiconductor structure for an irradiation characteristic test includes a substrate with metal plates and a wide bandgap semiconductor part. The wide bandgap semiconductor part includes a gallium nitride layer, a barrier layer, P-type gallium nitride layers, source ohmic metal layers, and drain ohmic metal layers. The P-type gallium nitride layers are connected to a gate interconnection metal layer via gate metal layers and metal lead wires. A gate top metal layer is provided on the gate interconnection metal layer. Each source ohmic metal layer is provided with a source interconnection metal layer and source top metal layers. Each drain ohmic metal layer is provided with a drain interconnection metal layer and drain top metal layers. The wide bandgap semiconductor part is connected to the metal plates through the source top metal layers, the drain top metal layers, and the gate top metal layer.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining current motion state data of the wheel-legged robot, the current motion state data representing motion features of the wheel-legged robot, inputting the current motion state data into a nonlinear controller to obtain a target joint angular acceleration reference value of a target robot joint of the wheel-legged robot, and inputting the target joint angular acceleration reference value into a whole-body dynamics controller to output a joint torque for controlling the wheel-legged robot to perform a control task.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may determine a reference location associated with an image corresponding to a target area, wherein the target area is offset from the reference location. The network node may transmit a radio frequency signal, wherein the radio frequency signal is beamformed based at least in part on the reference location to provide the radio frequency signal to the target area. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: The apparatus may be configured to transmit (or receive) CSI including a first CSI part (CSI part 1) having a fixed payload size and a second CSI part (CSI part 2) having a variable payload size indicated in the CSI part 1, at least one of the CSI part 1 or the CSI part 2 indicating one or more TRPs and to transmit (or receive) data in a CJT using the one or more TRPs indicated in the at least one of the CSI part 1 or the CSI part 2.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information to update a machine learning model associated with a training iteration of the machine learning model. The UE may transmit a local loss value based at least in part on the training iteration of the machine learning model within a time window to report the local loss value for the training iteration, the time window having an ending. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A power component submount includes a ceramic substrate, a sputtering layer formed on the ceramic substrate, a conductive block formed on the sputtering layer, and three electroless plating layers that are sequentially stacked on the conductive block. The sputtering layer includes an electroplating portion. The conductive block is formed on the electroplating portion, and bottoms of the three electroless plating layers are connected to the ceramic substrate. Materials of the three electroless plating layers are gold, palladium, and gold, respectively; or, materials of the three electroless plating layers are nickel, palladium, and gold, respectively. One of the three electroless plating layers arranged away from the conductive block is provided for allowing a power component to be mounted thereon.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes an epitaxial layer, including a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer configured to emit light, and a second semiconductor layer sequentially stacked in that order, and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a first insulating reflective layer, disposed on the first surface of the epitaxial layer; and a second insulating reflective layer, disposed on the second surface of the epitaxial layer. Reflectivity of the first insulating reflective layer to light with a first incident angle is lower than reflectivity of the second insulating reflective layer to light with a third incident angle, the first incident angle is in a range of 0° to 10°, and the third incident angle is in a range of 0° to 10°. Therefore, a lateral light emission angle and an extreme light emission angle of the light-emitting diode can be improved, which meet market demand.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for port selection for channel state feedback with analog feedforward. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes selecting one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) ports, of a plurality of CSI-RS ports, for the UE to report CSI. The port selection includes selecting any of the plurality of CSI-RS ports for selecting CSI-RS based on a grouping of the plurality of CSI-RS ports. The UE determines a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) formed by a linear combination of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports. The UE computes at least wideband linear combination coefficients for the selected CSI-RS ports. The UE provides the selected one or more CSI-RS ports and the computed wideband linear combination coefficients to a base station (BS) in a CSI report.

Abstract: Disclosed are a touch substrate and a display device. The touch substrate includes a touch electrode layer with a mesh type structure; the touch electrode layer includes the first touch electrode including first touch sub-electrodes, and the second touch electrode including second touch sub-electrodes; each first touch sub-electrode includes first touch electrode meshes, and each second touch sub-electrode includes second touch electrode meshes; the touch electrode layer further includes boundary meshes located between adjacent first touch sub-electrode and second touch sub-electrode; each boundary mesh includes at least two first mesh lines; each first mesh line is provided with a first break; second mesh lines are arranged in a first touch electrode mesh and/or a second touch electrode mesh; the second mesh lines are provided with second breaks; and a pattern shape of the first mesh line and a pattern shape of the second mesh line are different.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to a communications method and apparatus. An example of the method includes: sending, by a user equipment (UE) to a network device, information used to indicate a first time domain offset and/or information used to indicate low power consumption; and receiving, by the UE, first information sent by the network device, where the first information is used by the UE to determine a first time domain resource allocation.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a glutarimide compound, and the use thereof. Specifically disclosed are a compound as represented by formula (VII-0) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device, in which the display panel includes an array substrate; a light-emitting layer located on a side of the array substrate and comprising a plurality of light-emitting units that include a plurality of light-emitting unit groups, each of the light-emitting unit groups emitting light of a single color and including at least one light-emitting structure arranged in a first direction; an isolation structure located on a side of the array substrate and comprising an isolation opening, the light-emitting unit is arranged in the isolation opening; and a touch layer comprising touch traces that are arranged on a side of the isolation structure facing away from the array substrate.

Abstract: An infectious disease infection prediction method, an apparatus, and a storage medium based on macro-micrograph fusion are provided. The method includes: acquiring macrographs of a plurality of first regions and micrographs of second regions within a set period; inputting the macroscopic graphs and the microscopic graphs into two graph convolutional neural networks to obtain two hidden layer vectors respectively, and fusing the two hidden layer vectors to obtain fusion hidden layer information of the first regions; performing a time sequence calculation of the fusion hidden layer information to obtain time sequence hidden layer information of the first regions; inputting the time series hidden layer information into two prediction networks to obtain two prediction results, respectively, and performing fusion calculation of the two prediction results to obtain a final prediction result of infectious diseases in the first regions.

Abstract: A heat plate for a humidifier contains a thermally conductive plate having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. A temperature sensor is affixed to the bottom surface and a thermally conductive layer is directly-affixed to the bottom surface. A ceramic heating element is directly affixed to the thermally conductive layer. A humidifier and medical device may also contain such a heater plate.

Abstract: A memory device including a word line, a source line, a bit line, a memory layer, a channel material layer is described. The word line extends in a first direction, and liner layers disposed on a sidewall of the word line. The memory layer is disposed on the sidewall of the word line between the liner layers and extends along sidewalls of the liner layers in the first direction. The liner layers are spaced apart by the memory layer, and the liner layers are sandwiched between the memory layer and the word line. The channel material layer is disposed on a sidewall of the memory layer. A dielectric layer is disposed on a sidewall of the channel material layer. The source line and the bit line are disposed at opposite sides of the dielectric layer and disposed on the sidewall of the channel material layer. The source line and the bit line extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A material of the liner layers has a dielectric constant lower than that of a material of the memory layer.

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.