Abstract: An active control method and device for large deformation of a deep thin-bedded surrounding rock, the active control method includes: drill holes in the surrounding rock of a tunnel against a tunnel face, add the active control device containing a sleeve, a high-strength prestressed anchor bolt, a resin anchoring agent and a grouting device into drill holes, apply a preload to the anchor bolt when the resin anchoring agent has a certain strength, and carry out lag grouting in the surrounding rock through the grouting device after stress adjustment, and the high-strength prestressed anchor bolt and the grouting device are inserted in the sleeve with holes on the side. The active control device or method of the invention can effectively reduce the fracture depth and degree of a thin-bedded soft rock in deep engineering, and effectively inhibit the occurrence of large deformation disasters.

Abstract: One example method includes presenting, by a client device, a view of a virtual conference hosted by a virtual conference provider, the virtual conference including a plurality of participants, the client device associated with a participant of the plurality of participants, the view including a plurality of groupings of participants within a virtual conference area, each grouping associated with a different meeting or sub-meeting of the virtual conference; assign a location within the virtual conference area to the participant; receiving, at the client device from the conference provider, one or more audio streams associated with one or more audio sources within the plurality of groupings, the one or more audio streams provided by one or more remote client devices; determining a first location within the virtual conference area of a first audio source of the one or more audio sources; generating a plurality of spatialized audio streams based on the first location of the first audio source, the location of th

Abstract: A zonal bolt-grouting support device and method for cataclastic rock mass large deformation of a high-stress tunnel, the method includes: drill holes in surrounding rock of a tunnel against a tunnel face after rock mass excavation, install high-strength prestressed anchor members, apply a preload to anchor bolts when expansion anchoring agent is fully expanded and has a certain strength, and zonally grout the surrounding rock after stress adjustment. The high-strength prestressed anchor member comprises an anchor bolt, an expansion anchor agent, a decoupling material, a grouting device, a reverse anti-skid device, etc. The grouting device consists of a shallow grouting steel pipe, a deep grouting steel pipe and a grouting stop valve, and the grouting steel pipe is arranged side by side with the anchor bolt in a drill hole. The technical proposal of the invention effectively inhibits the large deformation of a cataclastic rock mass.

Abstract: One example method for music collaboration using virtual conferencing includes receiving, by a client device, audio streams associated with a plurality of musicians in a virtual conference, each musician assigned to a virtual position within a virtual space established by the virtual conference, the client device associated with a participant in the virtual conference, the participant having a participant virtual position within the virtual space; determining relative virtual positions of each musician of at least a subset of the plurality of musicians in the virtual conference with respect to the participant virtual position; generating a plurality of spatialized audio streams based on the relative virtual positions of the respective musicians and the respective audio streams; and outputting the spatialized audio streams.

Abstract: Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other computer-implemented methods are used to identify various semantically important chunks in documents, automatically label them with appropriate datatypes and semantic roles, and use this enhanced information to assist authors and to support downstream processes. Chunk locations, datatypes, and semantic roles can often be automatically determined from what is here called “context”, to wit, the combination of their formatting, structure, and content; those of adjacent or nearby content; overall patterns of occurrence in a document, and similarities of all these things across documents (mainly but not exclusively among documents in the same document set).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for generating echo recordings. The system receives, by an autoencoder, an audio signal representation that represents an audio signal and a target echo embedding that comprises information about a target room. The autoencoder comprises an encoder and a decoder. The system generates, by the encoder, a content embedding and an estimated echo embedding. The system generates, by the decoder, an echo recording representation based on the content embedding and the target echo embedding.

Abstract: For online audio/video conferencing applications deployed in an open office environment, using shared conference devices, it can be advantageous to define an acoustic fence. A non-participant audio received from outside the acoustic fence can be considered noise and filtered out before transmission of an audio signal to a far end recipient. Three suppression stages are used to filter the non-participant audio. The first suppression stage uses beamformers for suppression. The second suppression stage is mask-based, and the third suppression stage is reference-based. The three suppression stages filter out non-participant audio signals, having a wide range of frequencies.

Abstract: A driving mechanism includes a driving member, a transmission member, and a swinging member. The driving member has an output end. The transmission member is connected to the output end of the driving member. The transmission member has a driving slot, and the driving slot extends along a circumferential direction of the transmission member. The swinging member is configured to be movably connected to a body of a robot. A part of the swinging member is movably connected in the driving slot, and configured to move along the driving slot under drive of the transmission member to drive the swinging member to swing.

Abstract: A process for producing fiber of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, with a flat cross-section and high cohesiveness, is disclosed. The process includes: distributing the powder of UHMWPE into a solvent evenly; preparing an uniform emulsion mixture by properly untangling with high shear; at the same time adding polar polymer comprising polar groups, for example a carboxyl group, a carbonyl group, an ether group, or an ester group and so on; evenly distributing the polar polymer together with the polyethylene powder in the solvent to form an uniform emulsion mixture; forming a gel filament from the emulsion mixture by gel spinning method, then extracting, drying, and stretching so as to obtain the UHMWPE fiber, with a flat cross section, high strength and cohesiveness. By properly untangling, the swelling and dissolving of the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene can be accelerated, while the polar polymer being evenly distributed therein can significantly improve the adhesive property of the fiber.