Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a beverage or food brewing method and a beverage or food brewing machine. The beverage or food brewing method includes following steps: actuating a beverage or food brewing machine to produce powder through a grinding device and to output the powder to a powder holder; when the powder in the powder holder reaches a set amount, obtaining a first grinding time value T11 of the beverage or food brewing machine; according to the first grinding time value T11, obtaining a prolonged grinding time value T12 corresponding to the first grinding time value T11; making the grinding device continue operating for a period of time determined by the prolonged grinding time value T12 and outputting the powder from the grinding device to the powder holder.

Abstract: A method for storing positions of tires and a system for the same are disclosed. The method includes inputting information for a tire by a hand held tool. Transmitting the information for the tire and a storing position of the tire to a remote server, and generating an index information including the storing position of the tire by the remote server. Accordingly, the storing position of the tire can be conveniently inquired, such that the time-consuming of changing the tires of vehicle can be effectively reduced.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, driving method for same and display apparatus are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving sub-circuit, writing sub-circuit, compensation sub-circuit, first reset sub-circuit, first and second emitting control sub-circuits, and emitting element. The compensation sub-circuit writes signal of third node into first node under control of third scanning signal terminal, and compensates first node under control of third scanning signal terminal and first voltage terminal. The first reset sub-circuit writes signal of first initial signal terminal into third node under control of first scanning signal terminal and first emitting control signal terminal. The second emitting control sub-circuit provides signal of first voltage terminal for second node under control of second emitting control signal terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide techniques enable a graphics processor to continue processing operations during the reset of a compute unit that has experienced a hardware fault. Threads and associated context state for a faulted compute unit can be migrated to another compute unit of the graphics processor and the faulting compute unit can be reset while processing operations continue.

Abstract: The present application relates to a battery, a method for manufacturing a battery, and a power consuming device. The battery includes at least two battery cells, wherein each of the battery cells includes electrode terminals arranged at end portions of two sides of the battery cell in a lengthwise direction, wherein a filling port for filling an electrolyte is provided in the electrode terminal on one side in the lengthwise direction of the battery cell, and the electrode terminals of the two battery cells are oppositely arranged in the lengthwise direction of the battery cells and are welded together to seal the filling ports. According to the battery of the present application, the filling port is provided in the electrode terminal, and the filling port does not occupy a space of an end cap, such that the size of the electrode terminal may be increased, thereby increasing the overcurrent area of the electrode terminal.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for generating a watermark on the basis of graphic, a terminal, and a medium. The method includes acquiring a watermark image and at least one watermark unit image; acquiring watermark encryption information; determining the distribution information of the watermark unit images in the watermark image according to the watermark encryption information and a preset encryption model, the distribution information comprising imaging regions of the watermark unit images in the watermark image; and overlaying each watermark unit image into a corresponding imaging region in the watermark image to generate the watermark. The watermark encryption information has a one-to-one corresponding relationship with the distribution information of the watermark unit images in the watermark image, and the corresponding relationship can be defined by a user so that others cannot crack the watermark without knowing the encryption model, thereby improving the watermark cracking difficulty.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for configuring route selection policies. A user device may send, to a computing device, a route selection policy request to update route selection policy rules for applications and/or services of the user device. The computing device may determine the route selection policy rules for the applications and/or services based on various criteria. The computing device may send the determined route selection policy rules to the user device. If the user device does not accept the determined route selection policy rules, the user device may send, to the computing device, a negotiation request to obtain other route selection policy rules for the applications and/or services.

Abstract: System and methods for adaptive multi-granularity event groupings are provided. In embodiments, a method includes: determining to group IT operations data at a first level of granularity for similar events or at a second level of granularity for related events based on user input of a data grouping event; parsing, by an event parser, the IT operations data into one or more groups of similar events based on text information and parser rules in response to determining to group the IT operations data at the first level of granularity; obtaining user feedback indicating the one or more groups of similar events require modification; determining one or more keywords of the IT operations data using an artificial intelligence model in response to the user feedback; and updating the parser rules for the event parser based on the one or more keywords, thereby generating updated parser rules.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for wireless implantable devices, for example implantable biomedical devices employed for biomodulation. Some embodiments include a biomodulation system including a non-implantable assembly including a source for wireless power transfer and a data communications system, an implantable assembly including a power management module configured to continuously generate one or more operating voltage for the implantable assembly using wireless power transfer from the non-implantable assembly, a control module operably connected to at least one communication channel and at least one stimulation output, the control module including a processor unit to process information sensed via the at least one communication channel and, upon determining a condition exists, to generate an output to trigger the generation of a stimulus.

Abstract: A method for preparing a high-selectivity lithium-magnesium separation membrane includes: (1) preparing an aqueous phase mixture containing aqueous phase monomer, crown ethers or aza-macrocycles, acid acceptor, surfactant and water; (2) preparing an organic phase mixture containing organic phase monomer, and organic solvent that is incompatible with water; (3) contacting the supporting membrane with the aqueous phase mixture to obtain an aqueous phase monomer-adsorbed supporting membrane; (4) contacting the aqueous phase monomer-adsorbed supporting membrane with an organic phase mixture for an interfacial polymerization reaction; and (5) placing a nascent membrane obtained into a drying oven and heat-treating the membrane to obtain a lithium-magnesium separation membrane. The present method is simple in preparation process, mild in preparation conditions, easy to scale up, and easy to realize industrial production.

Abstract: An approach is provided that trains an artificial intelligence (AI) system, such as a neural network, to process IT ticket data. The approach receives IT tickets from various ticket sources. Ticket vectors corresponding to each of the IT tickets are computed. An analysis is performed using the ticket vectors and a node vector that corresponds to a network topology. The analysis is performed using a corpus of IT ticket data. An IT ticket model used by the AI system is trained based on the analysis. Responses are provided to requestors of the AI system using the trained IT ticket model.

Abstract: A multi-channel audio signal coding method includes obtaining a to-be-encoded first audio frame, pairing at least five channel signals according to a first pairing manner to obtain a first channel pair set, obtaining a first sum of correlation values of the first channel pair set, where one channel pair has one correlation value, pairing the at least five channel signals according to a second pairing manner to obtain a second channel pair set, obtaining a second sum of correlation values of the second channel pair set, determining a target pairing manner of the at least five channel signals based on the first sum of correlation values and the second sum of correlation values, and encoding the at least five channel signals based on a channel pair set corresponding to the target pairing manner, where the target pairing manner is the first pairing manner or the second pairing manner.

Abstract: A modular multi-hinge retractable rigid-flexible coupling space manipulator based on origami structure includes a plurality of folding units and a manipulator base. The modular design idea is adopted for the manipulator; which is formed by combining multiple folding units. the driving motors installed on each folding unit drive the folding units to stretch out, draw back and fold over, so that the manipulator can stretch out and draw back flexibly and bend in any direction to complete the work tasks in a variety of complex environments. For the manipulator, the flexible materials are added to the links of the folding units, and deformation can be effectively compensated, the mechanism is simplified, and impact is relieved. The torsional spring is additionally arranged in the folding units to play a supporting role, so that the manipulator can be placed in forward or in inverted direction to match with various bases.

Abstract: An alumina/titanium silicon carbide composite material is prepared by making titanium aluminum carbide (Ti3AlC2) in uniform contact with silicon monoxide (SiO), and carrying out vacuum sintering. The composite material is obtained through mutual diffusion of aluminum and silicon and has high compactness and stable performance. In the composite material, the alumina is generated by means of a reaction between the titanium aluminum carbide and the silicon monoxide, and can be uniformly wrapped around surfaces of titanium silicon carbide crystals to form a relatively compact oxide film, such that substance exchange between a matrix and the outside is hindered, and overall antioxidation of the composite material is improved. Toughness of the composite material is enhanced by means of the titanium silicon carbide. The prepared composite material has relatively high purity, relatively low sintering temperature, and relatively high bending strength. The process is simple and convenient for industrial production.

Abstract: The present application provides a combinable weight plate, which relates to the field of fitness equipment, and includes a plate body, a limiting assembly and an engaging assembly. The limiting assembly and the engaging assembly are arranged in the plate body. The engaging assembly is used to engage and connect the two plate bodies, and the limiting assembly is used to restrict the relative rotation of the two engaged and connected plate bodies. The present application also provides a weight adjustable kettle bell. The present application also provides a weight adjustable dumbbell. The present application also provides a weight adjustable barbell.

Abstract: Methods and systems may be configured to verify proper installation of Internet Protocol (IP) connectable building automation devices by installers at remote sites. The installers may be a crowdsourced installers. A service provider may engage an installer to install one or more IP connectable building automation devices. To ensure verification that the one or more IP connectable building automation devices are installed properly, parameters or values based on data from installed IP connectable building automation devices may be provided to or determined by a blockchain network. The blockchain network may compare the parameters or values to thresholds and automatically provide an indication as to whether the parameters or values meet or exceed the thresholds (e.g., verification criteria).

Abstract: A preparation process of atomically precise nine-nuclear silver nanoclusters (Ag9-NCs) fluorescent nanotube and its application in the detection of arginine (Arg), the fluorescent nanotube is formed by supramolecular self-assembly of Ag9-NCs and peptide (DD-5); the fluorescent nanotube prepared by the present invention has good luminescence performance due to its highly ordered structure, the quantum yield is 8.11%, and the fluorescence lifetime is 6.10 ?s; after adding Arg, the highly ordered structure is destroyed, resulting in fluorescent quenching; the preparation method of the Ag9-NCs fluorescent nanotube of this invention is simple, the cost is low; at the same time, the detection method is fast and easy to observe.

Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-channel audio signal encoding method and apparatus. Audio signals of P channels in a current frame of a multi-channel audio signal can be obtained, where the audio signals of the P channels include audio signals of K channel pairs; respective bit quantities of the K channel pairs are determined based on the respective energy/amplitudes of the audio signals of the P channels and a quantity of available bits; and the audio signals of the P channels are encoded based on the respective bit quantities of the K channel pairs to obtain an encoded bitstream, to improve encoding quality.

Abstract: A multi-channel audio signal encoding method includes: obtaining a to-be-encoded first audio frame; obtaining a correlation value set, where the correlation value set includes respective correlation values of a plurality of channel pairs; selecting M correlation values from the correlation value set, where all the M correlation values are greater than correlation values other than the M correlation values in the correlation value set, and all the M correlation values are greater than or equal to a pairing threshold; obtaining M channel pair sets; determining a target channel pair set from the M channel pair sets, where a sum of correlation values of all channel pairs in the target channel pair set is the largest in those of the M channel pair sets; and encoding the first audio frame based on the target channel pair set.

Abstract: Multi-channel audio signal encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses (1100, 1300) are provided. This can reduce a quantity of bits of multi-channel side information, so that saved bits can be allocated to another functional module of an encoder, to improve quality of a reconstructed audio signal of a decoder side and improve coding quality.