Abstract: A method for starting an application is provided. In the method, a video that includes game content of a game application is played back. A startup operation to start the game application is received from a user during the playback of the video. The game application is started in response to the startup operation. Further, the game content of the started game application that is determined to match the game content of the video when the startup operation is received from the user is displayed. The game content of the started game application is determined based on when the startup operation is received from the user during the playback of the video.

Abstract: A method includes: when performing information transmission with a first access point AP on a first frequency band, determining, whether the terminal equipment needs to establish a connection with a second AP, which is a second frequency band; determining, by the terminal equipment, whether the first AP and the second AP are corresponding to a same dual-band radio access device; sending, by the terminal equipment, a connection request to the second AP when maintaining a protocol layer connection with the first AP; and if establishing, by the terminal equipment, the connection with the second AP when the second AP send feedback.

Abstract: The invention provides a delamination-resistant embedded silicone hydrogel contact lens having an insert that is embedded in a silicone hydrogel bulk material. The insert is made of a crosslinked polymeric material having a refractive index higher than that of the silicone hydrogel bulk material by at least 0.07 and comprises a diffractive structure disposed on one of the front and back curve surfaces of the insert for providing a diffractive power that contributes to the overall optical power of the contact lens.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing photochromic silicone hydrogel (SiHy) contact lenses based on thermal cast-molding technology in a relatively efficient and consistent manner. The method is characterized by selecting a high radical-reactive hydrophilic acrylic monomer while eliminating any low radical-reactive hydrophilic N-vinyl amide monomer in a lens formulation (polymerizable composition), by selecting a weight ratio of low-radical-reactive hydrophilic N-vinyl amide monomer to a high radical-reactive hydrophilic acrylic monomer in a lens formulation if the low radical-reactive hydrophilic N-vinyl amide monomer is needed, and/or by using a relatively high temperature thermal initiator in a lens formulation, to control the lens properties (e.g., water content, elastic modulus, etc.) and lens processability (capability of dry-delensing from molds) of thermally cast-molded SiHy contact lenses while minimizing loss in photochromic ability of resultant SiHy contact lenses.

Abstract: Disclosed are a steel-concrete composite web and a construction method thereof, and relate to the field of bridge engineering. The steel-concrete composite web comprises a plurality of prefabricated web segments connected in sequence, wherein each prefabricated web segment comprises a corrugated steel web and a concrete encasement, each concrete encasement is arranged on the inner side of the corresponding corrugated steel web. The right and left edges of adjacent corrugated steel web segments are connected, and a pouring space is formed between adjacent concrete encasements; and each concrete encasement is provided with joint reinforcing rebars used for stretching into the pouring space, first concrete is poured into the pouring space to form a cast-in-place wet joint, and the joint reinforcing rebars are embedded into the cast-in-place wet joint.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for internet protocol (IP) and non-IP data communication. According to an embodiment, a network exposure node performs a configuration procedure such that both IP data delivery (IPDD) and non-IP data delivery (NIDD) can be supported through a unified interface between the network exposure node and a server. The network exposure node performs IPDD or NIDD through the unified interface.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium for data item recommendation, and relate to the field of information processing. According to this method, a request for a data item is received from a terminal device, the request includes an identifier for identifying the data item and an application type; the application type indicates a type of use of the data item; a recommendation criterion type matching the request is determined based on the application type, the recommendation criterion type indicates a type of a criterion based on which the data item is recommended, a plurality of data items associated with the identifier are determined the plurality of data items are located in a plurality of storage devices and based on the recommendation criterion type, a recommended data item is determined from the plurality of data items as a response.

Abstract: A master database module is on a master computer node. Slave database modules are on slave computer nodes connected to the master computer node via a network. A distributed database includes executable code executed by processors on the master computer node and the slave computer nodes to receive a distributed database query at the master computer node. A query execution plan is prepared at the master computer node. The query execution plan is deployed on the slave computer nodes. The query execution plan is executed on the slave computer nodes. The slave computer nodes each perform a single node query execution analysis to selectively produce a query cancellation command. The query cancellation command is propagated to the master computer node and the slave computer nodes. The query execution plan is cancelled on the master computer node and the slave computer nodes.

Abstract: The invention provides a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker which comprises (1) a polydiorganosiloxane polymer chain comprising dimethylsiloxane units and hydrophilized siloxane units each having one methyl substituent and one monovalent C4-C40 organic radical substituent having two to six hydroxyl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the hydrophilized siloxane units to the dimethylsiloxane units is from about 0.035 to about 0.15, and (2) two terminal (meth)acryloyl groups. The hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker has a number average molecular weight of from about 3000 Daltons to about 80,000 Daltons. The present invention is also related to a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises repeating units derived from a hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmic product which comprises a sealed and autoclave-sterilized lens package including (1) a post-autoclave packaging solution containing a polymeric surfactant having an HLB value of from about 11 to about 16 and a Mn of from about 800 to about 20,000 Daltons and (2) a readily-usable silicone hydrogel (SiHy) contact lens immersed in the packaging solution. The readily-usable SiHy contact lens comprises the polymeric surfactant thereon providing an excellent wettability to the readily-usable SiHy contact lens directly out of the lens package, and also the leachable polymeric surfactant which is physically distributed in the polymer matrix of the SiHy contact lens and can be released to the eye of a patient for at least 7 days of daily wear and to replenish the lens surface-bound polymeric surfactant to provide sustainable wettabilities to the contact lens and the eye.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a colored cosmetic photochromic contact lens, comprising: a pupil section, a generally annular iris section surrounding the pupil section, wherein at least the pupil section is photochromic, wherein the iris section having a colored, printed, opaque, intermittent pattern, wherein the said pattern is covered by a clear ink layer, wherein the clear ink layer is on outer surface of lens to the observer.

Abstract: A virtual device management system for creating and implementing virtual devices and associated methods are provided herein. The system presents to a user a list of devices available for combining to create the virtual device. When the system receives from the user a selection of two or more devices that the user wishes to combine to create the virtual device, the system presents to the user a list of available functions that can be performed by the virtual device based on the selected devices. The system then receives from the user a selection of one or more functions and configures the virtual device to perform the selected functions. The system can also be configured to present, via a user interface via a mobile application running on a user device, a plurality of virtual devices with predetermined functionalities that are created by detecting the various connected devices within an IoT network.

Abstract: An LED lighting device capable of adjusting color temperature by software and hardware cooperative control to achieve high-performance output includes at least one light source and a drive circuit. The light source includes first-wavelength LED, second-wavelength LED, third-wavelength LED and fourth-wavelength LED. When a modulator is operated to select only one of the first-wavelength LED, the second-wavelength LED, the third-wavelength LED and the fourth-wavelength LED to receive a maximum rated current, the drive circuit outputs four times of the maximum drive power to the corresponding LEDs; or when the first-wavelength LED, the second-wavelength LED, the third-wavelength LED and the fourth-wavelength LED receive a quarter of the maximum rated current separately, the drive circuit outputs a quarter of the maximum drive power to the LEDs separately, and the output pulse width of the drive power will be modulated to maintain the light source to carry a constant rated power.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for modifying an amino acid attenuator, a class of amino acid attenuator mutants, engineered bacteria created on the basis of the amino acid attenuator mutants, and use of the engineered bacteria. The present invention protects a method for relieving the attenuation regulation of an amino acid operon gene, which is modification of the amino acid operon gene by: removing a gene coding for a leader peptide and an anterior reverse complementary palindromic sequence in the terminator stem-loop structure, and maintaining a posterior reverse complementary palindromic sequence in the terminator. The amino acid operon particularly can be histidine operon, tryptophan operon, phenylalanine operon, alanine operon, threonine operon and etc. The present invention can be used for the production of amino acids and derivatives thereof in fermentation by bacteria, providing a novel method for improving the production of amino acids in fermentation.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of collecting, by a first node, a plurality of permissioned data inputs from a plurality of second nodes of a supply-chain, performing, by the first node, a granular simulation based on the permissioned data inputs to generate a plurality of key performance indicators (KPIs), and executing a smart contract to adjust order processes of the supply-chain based on the KPIs.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for producing a contact lens comprising a central photochromic zone that has a diameter of about 13 mm or less and is concentric with the central axis of the contact lens. The method comprises: applying, in the center of the molding surface of a male mold half, a drop (having a volume of about 5 ?L or less) of a first polymerizable fluid composition containing at least one photochromic compound and a relatively-high molecular weight polysiloxane vinylic crosslinker for increasing the viscosity and adhesion on the molding surface of the male mold half; dosing a second polymerizable fluid composition in a female mold hald; closing the female mold hald with the male mold half with the drop thereon to form a molding assembly; and curing the second polymerizable fluid composition and the drop of the first polymerizable fluid composition in the molding assembly.

Abstract: A multi-split air conditioner and control method are provided. The multi-split air conditioner includes an outdoor unit including an oil separator and a four-way valve. The outdoor unit includes a pipeline connecting the oil separator and the four-way valve, and the pipeline includes a first pipeline and a second pipeline arranged in parallel, wherein the first pipeline is provided with a heat storage module and a heat storage module control valve, and the second pipeline is provided with a first control valve. When the outdoor environment temperature satisfies a certain condition, the first pipeline and the second pipeline are controlled, so that at least part of working medium circulates in the first pipeline between the oil separator and the four-way valve through the heat storage module.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an embedded hydrogel contact lens, which comprises an insert sandwiched between two layers of hydrogel materials and can be produced according to a cast molding method including the procedures involving two females halves (FC1 and FC2) and two male halves (BC1 and BC2) and three consequential molding steps involving three molding assemblies: the 1st one formed between FC1 and BC1 for molding an insert; the 2nd one formed between FC1 and BC2 for molding a lens precursor having the molded insert embedded in a layer of a hydrogel material in a way that the front surface of the molded insert merges with the convex surface of the lens precursor; and the 3rd one formed between FC2 and BC2 for molding an embedded hydrogel contact of the invention.