Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for all-optical reconfigurable activation devices for realizing various activations functions using low input optical power. The device and systems disclosed herein include a directional coupler comprising a first phase-shift mechanism and an interferometer coupled to the directional coupler. The interferometer comprises at least one microring resonator and a second phase-shift mechanism coupled to thereto. The interferometer and the directional coupler comprise waveguides formed of a first material, while the microring resonator comprises a waveguide formed of a second material and a third phase-shift mechanism. The second material is provided as a low-loss material having a high Kerr effect and large bandgaps, to generate various nonlinear activation functions. The first, second, and third phase-shift mechanisms are configured to control biases within the disclosed systems and devices to achieve a desired activation function.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a buried gate structure in the substrate. The buried gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer formed on the sidewall and the bottom surface of a trench in the substrate, a barrier layer formed in the trench and on the sidewall and the bottom surface of the gate dielectric layer, a first work function layer formed in the trench and including a main portion and a protruding portion, a second work function layer formed at opposite sides of the protruding portion, and an insulating layer formed in the trench and on the protruding portion of the first work function layer and the second work function layer. The barrier layer surrounds the main portion of the first work function layer. The area of the top surface of the protruding portion is less than the area of the bottom surface of the protruding portion.

Abstract: An embedded smart module including a twistable substrate, an electrode layer, a circuit layer, an insulating layer, an electronic component and a sensing component is provided. The electrode layer is disposed on the twistable substrate. The circuit layer is disposed in the electrode layer and exposed at the surface of the electrode layer. The insulating layer is disposed between the electrode layer and the circuit layer. The electronic component is disposed on the electrode layer and the circuit layer and electrically connected with the electrode layer and the circuit layer. The sensing component is disposed on the electrode layer and the circuit layer and electrically connected with the electrode layer and the circuit layer.

Abstract: A mug wrapping machine for sublimation transfer printing includes a base plate, above which a clamping frame mounting plate, a pressing plate, an auxiliary plate and a lifting plate are sequentially arranged. A placing plate is arranged above the lifting plate, so that the lower surface of the placement plate is provided with guide posts passing through the lifting plate, the auxiliary plate, the holding plate and the mounting plate of the clamping frame, and the lower end of the guide column is fixed on the upper surface of the base plate. The mounting plate of the clamping frame is installed between the clamping plate and the front and rear ends of the upper surface of the pressing plate, respectively, with ear seats, and a circular center column is arranged between the two ear seats, and the two ends of the circular center column are respectively equipped with rotating plates.

Abstract: A method for knowledge representation and deduction of service logic includes: generating, based on a knowledge representation model, a semantic graph corresponding to conceptual-layer service logic, where the semantic graph includes one or more types of nodes and edges for connecting the one or more types of nodes, and the nodes include at least a node of a variable type; generating, based on the semantic graph and a physical table to which a service object is mapped, an instance graph, where the instance graph includes the nodes and edges in the semantic graph; generating executable code based on a service logic relationship between the nodes in the instance graph; and determining, based on the executable code and a data instance corresponding to a node whose in-degree is 0 in the instance graph, a data instance corresponding to each node in the instance graph.

Abstract: A method of engineering forecast and analysis is provided. The method includes: generating a forecasting model based on financial or business information obtained through a user interface, where the forecasting model expresses a logical determining and/or calculation rule based on a structure of a high-order directed graph and by using a plurality of nodes, attributes of the plurality of nodes, and a relationship between every two of the plurality of nodes, and the forecasting model expresses a forecasting path through a directed edge between the nodes; and configuring a common attribute of the forecasting model, an attribute of the forecasting path, and a personalized attribute of the node based on instantiation configuration information.

Abstract: An electrode core encasing apparatus includes a main power mechanism, a housing fixing mechanism, an encasing mechanism, and an electrode core fixing mechanism. The housing fixing mechanism is disposed on one side of the encasing mechanism, which is located between the housing fixing mechanism and the electrode core fixing mechanism. The encasing mechanism includes an encasing mechanism body and an XY floating slide block. Two ends of the XY floating slide block are connected to the main power mechanism and the encasing mechanism body, respectively. The XY floating slide block is configured to drive the encasing mechanism body to slide freely relative to the main power mechanism, so as to adjust a relative position between the housing and the electrode core. The main power mechanism is configured to drive the housing fixing mechanism and the encasing mechanism to move to sleeve the electrode core into the housing.

Abstract: A method for selectively chemically reducing CO2 to form CO includes providing a catalyst, and contacting H2 and CO2 with the catalyst to chemically reduce CO2 to form CO. The catalyst includes a metal oxide having a chemical formula of FexCoyMn(1?x?y)Oz, in which 0.7?x?0.95, 0.01?y?0.25, and z is an oxidation coordination number.

Abstract: A method for selectively chemically reducing CO2 to form CO includes providing a catalyst, and contacting H2 and CO2 with the catalyst to chemically reduce CO2 to form CO. The catalyst includes a metal oxide having a chemical formula of FexCoyMn(1-x-y)Oz, in which 0.7?x?0.95, 0.01?y?0.25, and z is an oxidation coordination number.

Abstract: An electrode core encasing apparatus includes a main power mechanism, a housing fixing mechanism, an encasing mechanism, and an electrode core fixing mechanism. The housing fixing mechanism is disposed on one side of the encasing mechanism, which is located between the housing fixing mechanism and the electrode core fixing mechanism. The encasing mechanism includes an encasing mechanism body and an XY floating slide block. Two ends of the XY floating slide block are connected to the main power mechanism and the encasing mechanism body, respectively. The XY floating slide block is configured to drive the encasing mechanism body to slide freely relative to the main power mechanism, so as to adjust a relative position between the housing and the electrode core. The main power mechanism is configured to drive the housing fixing mechanism and the encasing mechanism to move to sleeve the electrode core into the housing.

Abstract: The application discloses a method, apparatus and system for scanning an animal. The method includes obtaining a species of an animal to be scanned, identifying a type of an animal cabin where the animal to be scanned is located, and determining whether the species of the animal to be scanned matches the type of the animal cabin, determining and presenting a corresponding scanning protocol that matches the species of the animal to be scanned if the species of the animal to be scanned matches the type of the animal cabin, and perform a scan according to the corresponding scanning protocol, or according to a user-defined scanning protocol.

Abstract: Disclosed are a CRISPR-Cas14a responsive photoelectrochemical sensing detection method and a kit for detecting T2 toxin, relating to the technical field of small molecule toxin detection; the detection method includes: (1) preparation of a magnetic probe; (2) electrode modification; (3) identification of magnetic beads; (4) SDA isothermal amplification; (5) cutting; (6) photoelectrochemical detection; and (7) standard curve plotting. According to the present application, using SDA to enlarge and amplify the signal isothermally, target is detected by Cas14a trans cleavage property and photoelectric signal with good stability, high specificity of reaction, high sensitivity.

Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and a privacy protection imaging method thereof are provided. The system is configured to control at least one color sensor and at least one IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images by adopting multiple exposure conditions adapted for an imaging scene, adaptively select a combination of the color image and the IR image that can reveal details of the imaging scene, detect a feature area with features of a target of interest in the color image, and fuse the color image and the IR image to generate a fusion image with the details of the imaging scene, and crop an image of the feature area of the fusion image to be replaced with an image not belonging to the IR image, so as to generate a scene image.

Abstract: A method for selectively chemically reducing CO2 to form CO includes providing a catalyst, and contacting H2 and CO2 with the catalyst to chemically reduce CO2 to form CO. The catalyst includes a metal oxide having a chemical formula of FexCoyMn(1-x-y)Oz, in which 0.7?x?0.95, 0.01?y?0.25, and z is an oxidation coordination number.

Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of wastewater treatment and rapid pollutant detection, in particular to a chitosan-polyacrylamide composite porous hydrogel, preparation and use thereof, and a metal ion-adsorbing and detecting reagent and method. The chitosan-polyacrylamide composite porous hydrogel of the present application is prepared by in situ polymerization of a chitosan sol, an acrylamide, a crosslinking agent and a surfactant into a mixed solution comprising liquid droplets, followed by steps of curing, washing, and freeze-drying. The present application further provides a metal ion-detecting reagent, which is obtained by adsorbing a color developing agent into the chitosan-polyacrylamide composite porous hydrogel as described above, wherein the color developing agent is a dye that changes color when encountering metal ions. The chitosan-polyacrylamide composite porous hydrogel of the present application has balanced mechanical properties and porosity.

Abstract: A catalyst for methanation reaction and a method for preparing methane are provided. The catalyst for methanation reaction includes a core, a shell encapsulating the core, and an active metal. The core includes cerium dioxide (CeO2), the shell includes zirconium dioxide (ZrO2), and the active metal is in particle form and is disposed on an outer surface of the shell layer.

Abstract: An electronic-cigarette cartridge and an electronic cigarette are provided. The electronic-cigarette cartridge includes: a first contact point and a second contact point which are connected to a base part of an electronic cigarette, wherein the first contact point is configured to connect a control signal, and the second contact point is configured to input a reference voltage signal; an authentication module, wherein one end of the authentication module is connected to the first contact point, another end is connected to the second contact point, and is configured to interact with the base part of the electronic cigarette to conduct anti-counterfeiting authentication; and a heating module which is connected in parallel with the authentication module and is configured to performing heating after the anti-counterfeiting authentication is passed; wherein a working frequency of the authentication module is at least 10 times that of the heating module.

Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and an imaging method thereof are provided. The method includes: identifying an imaging scene; controlling a color sensor and an IR sensor to respectively capture color images and IR images by adopting capturing conditions suitable for the imaging scene; calculating a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) difference between each color image and the IR images, and a luminance mean value of each color image; selecting the color image and IR image captured under capturing conditions of having the SNR difference less than an SNR threshold and the luminance mean value greater than a luminance threshold to execute a feature domain transformation to extract partial details of the imaging scene; and fusing the selected color image and IR image to adjust the partial details of the color image according to a guidance of the partial details of the IR image to obtain a scene image with full details.

Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and a depth map calculation method thereof are provided. The dual sensor imaging system includes at least one color sensor, at least one infrared ray (IR) sensor, a storage device, and a processor. The processor is configured to load and execute a computer program stored in the storage device to: control the color sensor and the IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images by adopting multiple exposure conditions suitable for an imaging scene, adaptively select a combination of the color image and the IR image that are comparable to each other from the color images and the IR images; and calculate a depth map of the imaging scene by using the selected color image and IR image.

Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and an imaging method thereof are provided. The dual sensor imaging system includes at least one color sensor, at least one infrared ray (IR) sensor, a storage device, and a processor. The processor is configured to load and execute a computer program stored in the storage device to: identify an imaging scene of the dual sensor imaging system; control the color sensor and the IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images by adopting multiple exposure conditions suitable for the imaging scene; adaptively select a combination of the color image and the IR image that can reveal details of the imaging scene; and fuse the selected color image and IR image to generate a scene image with details of the imaging scene.