Abstract: A molecular marker for identifying DNA methylation and thereby detecting the benignity or malignancy of a lung nodule is disclosed. The molecular marker for identifying DNA methylation includes the sequence of, or the completely complementary sequence to, SEQ ID NO:6 or a continuous fragment of at least 55% of the full length of the sequence of, or the completely complementary sequence to, SEQ ID NO:6. Also disclosed are applications of the molecular marker for identifying DNA methylation, including a corresponding detection reagent kit and a corresponding detection method. The disclosed molecular marker combinations for identifying DNA methylation are highly correlated to lung cancer, are highly sensitive and specific when used to detect the benignity or malignancy of a lung nodule, and can increase the detection rate of malignant lung nodules while lowering the false positive rate.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a beam time synchronization method, for a terminal device to report, to an access network device, that time synchronization information meets a preset condition. The method in embodiments of this application includes: The terminal device determines the time synchronization information based on a time synchronization value of a first beam and a time synchronization value of a second beam. The second beam is a candidate beam or a previous serving beam, and the first beam is a current serving beam. The terminal device sends indication information to the access network device if the time synchronization information meets the preset condition, where the indication information indicates that the time synchronization information meets the preset condition.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing and packaging a special-shaped cigarette includes the following steps: designing inner packaging case paper capable of being folded into a special-shaped cigarette accommodating cavity; folding the inner packaging case paper to form the special-shaped cigarette accommodating cavity; filling an interior of the special-shaped cigarette accommodating cavity with an ordinary cigarette; and shelving for a certain period of time, so that a cross section of the ordinary cigarette changes from a circle to a special shape, and the ordinary cigarette is accommodated in the special-shaped cigarette accommodating cavity. A diameter of an inscribed circle of the special-shaped cigarette accommodating cavity is less than a diameter of the ordinary cigarette, and a material of the inner packaging case paper is a paperboard or a food grade PVC sheet.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The communication method includes: receiving measurement configuration information from a network device, where the measurement configuration information is used to configure a channel measurement resource and M interference measurement resources, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and sending a bitmap to the network device, where the bitmap includes one or more bits, each bit corresponds to one or more interference measurement resources and has a value indicating interference of the one or more interference measurement resources to the channel measurement resource, and the M interference measurement resources include the one or more interference measurement resources.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for determining radio channel multipath information and a related device. A server obtains reference signal received powers of a plurality of downlink beams, and determines a path angle and path strength of a propagation path from an antenna in a power angular spectrum cell indicated by each power angular spectrum cell identity to a grid indicated by each grid identity, based on an association relationship between the reference signal received powers of the plurality of downlink beams and the following: a grid identity, a serving cell identity, and a power angular spectrum cell. The server can determine the radio channel multipath information based on the reference signal received powers of the plurality of downlink beams, instead of depending on map and engineering parameter information. This helps improve accuracy of the radio channel multipath information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high temperature chemical solution supply system for cleaning substrates. The system includes a solution tank, a buffer tank, a first pump and a second pump. The solution tank contains high temperature chemical solution. The buffer tank has a tank body, a vent line and a needle valve. The tank body contains the high temperature chemical solution. An end of the vent line connects to the tank body, and the other end of the vent line connects to the solution tank. The needle valve is mounted on the vent line, wherein the needle valve is adjusted to reach a flow rate to vent gas bubbles inside of the high temperature chemical solution out of the buffer tank through the vent line. An inlet of the first pump connects to the solution tank, and an outlet of the first pump connects to the buffer tank. An inlet of the second pump connects to the buffer tank, and an outlet of the second pump connects to a cleaning chamber in which a substrate is cleaned.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a conveying roller for conveying a cell pole piece, the cell pole piece comprising a main body and pole tabs, the main body comprising a bearing area and a transition area, each of the pole tabs comprising a root portion connected to the transition area, a middle section and a top portion, and the conveying roller comprising: a central axis, a first end face and a second end face disposed opposite to each other along the central axis, a transmission portion and an avoidance position provided between the first end face and the second end face, wherein the transmission portion is rotatable around the central axis, the bearing area is contactable with the transmission portion, so that the transmission portion applies a transmission friction force to the cell pole piece, and the avoidance position is capable of avoiding the transition area and the pole tabs.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a treatment process and treatment system of enhanced up-flow multiphase wastewater oxidation. The treatment process includes the following steps: 1) the wastewater is fed into the up-flow multiphase wastewater oxidation system for oxidation treatment; 2) the wastewater is fed to the solid-liquid separation system for solid-liquid separation, the separated heterogeneous catalytic carrier (5) is fed back to the up-flow multiphase wastewater oxidation system, and the wastewater is fed to the neutralization and degassing system; 3) the wastewater is fed to the neutralization and degassing system to adjust a pH of the wastewater to 5.5-7.5, and then is degassed by stirring; 4) the wastewater is fed to the flocculation and sedimentation system for sludge-water separation, a supernatant is discharged, and an outward harmless treatment is performed after a pressure filtration of a sedimentary iron sludge.

Abstract: Hybrid use of dual policies is provided to improve a communication system. In a multiple access scenario, when an inactive user equipment (UE) transitions to an active state, it may be become a burden to a radio cell on which it was previously camping. In some embodiments, hybrid load balancing is provided using a hierarchical machine learning paradigm based on reinforcement learning in which an LSTM generates a goal for one policy influencing cell reselection so that another policy influencing handover over active UEs can be assisted. The communication system as influenced by the policies is modeled as a Markov decision process (MDP). The policies controlling the active UEs and inactive UEs are coupled, and measureable system characteristics are improved. In some embodiments, policy actions depend at least in part on energy saving.

Abstract: Surface polarity of a ferroelectric nematic can be configured to generate vectorial control of the orientation of its bulk polarization field. The contact between a surface with in-plane polarity and a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal generates preferred in-plane orientation of the ferroelectric polarization field at that interface, which can lead to the formation of fluid or glassy monodomains of high polarization without electric field poling.

Abstract: A first device is logged in with a first user account. The first device displays an avatar of a second user account in a first user interface of the first device. In response to an interaction instruction triggered on the avatar of the second user account, the first device generates an interaction message according to a first field corresponding to the first user account, an action description field corresponding to the interaction instruction, and a second field corresponding to the second user account. The first device transmits the interaction message to a second device that is logged in with the second user account.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of identifying packet latency in a software defined datacenter (SDDC) that includes a network and multiple host computers executing multiple machines. At a first host computer, the method identifies and stores (i) multiple time values associated with several packet processing operations performed on a particular packet sent by a first machine executing on the first host computer, and (ii) a time value associated with packet transmission through the SDDC network from the first host computer to a second host computer that is a destination of the particular packet. The method provides the stored time values to a set of one or more controllers to process to identify multiple latencies experienced by multiple packets processed in the SDDC.

Abstract: A method for obtaining information about a channel and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining N+1 first feedback signals Yn from a passive inter-modulation source; obtaining first update direction information p based on the N+1 first feedback signals Yn; and obtaining information about a channel with the passive inter-modulation source based on the first update direction information p. According to the method and the apparatus in this application, complexity of obtaining the information about the channel with the passive inter-modulation source can be reduced, time and power consumption required for obtaining the information about the channel can be reduced, and accuracy of the information about the channel can be improved.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention can, in response to receiving performance data associated with records, identify whether the received performance data is associated with long transactions. Embodiments of the present invention can then, in response to determining that the received performance data is associated with long transactions, storing the performance data. Embodiments of the present invention can then classify the stored performance data according to types of transactions the performance data and aggregate the stored performance data based on the classification.

Abstract: Provided are method and system of calculating cross-section area and included angle of three-dimensional blood vessel branch, comprising: obtaining the contours of a main blood vessel and a branch blood vessel; determining connecting points of the main blood vessel and the branch blood vessel, a three-dimensional branch outer contour, and an initial normal vector of a branch section; determining the position of the branch section at the branch connecting part and an intersecting cross-section of the branch section and the branch outer contour; rotating the three-dimensional branch cross-section contour to obtain an equivalent two-dimensional branch cross-section contour, and calculating the area of the two-dimensional branch cross-section contour; obtaining branch cross-section areas and corresponding normal vectors thereof; and taking the minimum branch cross-section area as the cross-section area of this segment of branch blood vessel, and determining the included angle between the branch blood vessel and t

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for cleaning substrates comprising the steps of: placing a substrate on a substrate holder; implementing a bubble less or bubble-free pre-wetting process for the substrate; and implementing an ultra/mega sonic cleaning process for cleaning the substrate.

Abstract: The invention discloses a starch-based multi-channel airflow unit and a preparation method and an application thereof. The preparation method of the present invention comprises the following steps: melting a polylactic acid, wherein a temperature of a first temperature control zone is 135° C. to 145° C., a temperature of a second temperature control zone is 175° C. to 185° C., a temperature of a third temperature control zone is 190° C. to 200° C., and a temperature of a fourth temperature control zone is 175° C. to 185° C.; gelatinizing a starch-based material, adding the starch-based material in the third temperature control zone and fully mixing the mixture; adding a polyol in the third temperature control zone, and fully mixing the mixture; and extruding out the mixed material through twin screws, sizing in vacuum, cooling and sizing, and winding and cutting to obtain the starch-based multi-channel airflow unit.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to robotic devices and artificial intelligence. More specifically, some embodiments relate to a robotic device for picking items from a bin and perturbing items in a bin. The robotic device may include one or more picking elements and one or more perturbation elements for disturbing a present arrangement of items in the bin. In an exemplary embodiment, a perturbation element comprises a compressed air valve. In some implementations, the robotic device may also include one or more computer-vision systems. Based on image data from the one or more computer-vision systems, a strategy for picking up items from the bin is determined. When no strategies with high probability of success exist, the robotic device may perturb the contents of the bin to create new available pick-up points.

Abstract: A system for controlling damages in cleaning a semiconductor wafer comprising features of patterned structures, the system comprising: a wafer holder for temporary restraining a semiconductor wafer during a cleaning process; an inlet for delivering a cleaning liquid over a surface of the semiconductor wafer; a sonic generator configured to alternately operate at a first frequency and a first power level for a first predetermined period of time and at a second frequency and a second power level for a second predetermined period of time, to impart sonic energy to the cleaning liquid, the first predetermined period of time and the second predetermined period of time consecutively following one another; and a controller programmed to provide the cleaning parameters, wherein at least one of the cleaning parameters is determined such that a percentage of damaged features as a result of the imparting sonic energy is lower than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to robotic devices and artificial intelligence. More specifically, some embodiments relate to an artificial neural network training method that does not require extensive training data or time expenditure. The few-shot training model disclosed herein includes attempting to pick up items and, in response to a failed pick up attempt, transferring and generalizing information to similar regions to improve probability of success in future attempts. In some implementations, the training method is used to robotic device for picking items from a bin and perturbing items in a bin. When no picking strategies with high probability of success exist, the robotic device may perturb the contents of the bin to create new available pick-up points. In some implementations, the device may include one or more Computer-vision systems.