Teleportal Face-To-Face System.

A teleportal system which provides remote communication between at least two users. A projective display and video capture system provides video images to the users. The video system obtains and transmits 3D images which are stereoscopic to remote users. The projective display unit provides an augmented reality environment to each user and allows users to view, unobstructed, the other local users, and view a local site in which they are located. A screen transmits to the user the images generated by the projective display via a retro-reflective fabric upon which images are projected and reflected back to the users eyes

H2O+: An Improved Framework for Hybrid Offline-and-Online RL with Dynamics Gaps

Solving real-world complex tasks using reinforcement learning (RL) without high-fidelity simulation environments or large amounts of offline data can be quite challenging. Online RL agents trained in imperfect simulation environments can suffer from severe sim-to-real issues. Offline RL approaches although bypass the need for simulators, often pose demanding requirements on the size and quality of the offline datasets. The recently emerged hybrid offline-and-online RL provides an attractive framework that enables joint use of limited offline data and imperfect simulator for transferable policy learning. In this paper, we develop a new algorithm, called H2O+, which offers great flexibility to bridge various choices of offline and online learning methods, while also accounting for dynamics gaps between the real and simulation environment. Through extensive simulation and real-world robotics experiments, we demonstrate superior performance and flexibility over advanced cross-domain online and offline RL algorithms

The Role of Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells in Allergic Diseases

Allergic diseases are significant diseases that affect many patients worldwide. In the past few decades, the incidence of allergic diseases has increased significantly due to environmental changes and social development, which has posed a substantial public health burden and even led to premature death. The understanding of the mechanism underlying allergic diseases has been substantially advanced, and the occurrence of allergic diseases and changes in the immune system state are known to be correlated. With the identification and in-depth understanding of innate lymphoid cells, researchers have gradually revealed that type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) play important roles in many allergic diseases. However, our current studies of ILC2s are limited, and their status in allergic diseases remains unclear. This article provides an overview of the common phenotypes and activation pathways of ILC2s in different allergic diseases as well as potential research directions to improve the understanding of their roles in different allergic diseases and ultimately find new treatments for these diseases

Field measurement of indoor environment of underground garage in winter and analysis of its influence on people

Since the National Fitness has become a national strategy, people’s enthusiasm for fitness has also been increasing. When winter comes, the outdoor temperature becomes unsuitable for people to carry out exercise activities. Therefore, more community residents choose underground garages as a place for fitness activities. Due to the frequently entry and exit of vehicles and ventilation restrictions in the underground garage, whether the internal air quality in an underground garage meets the requirements of personnel activities remains to be studied. In this study, an underground garage in a residential area of Jinan was tested. The parameters involved CO2, CO, PM2.5, temperature and relative humidity. Select areas where people often gather for measurement. According to the test results, the distribution of CO2, CO, PM2.5, temperature and relative humidity in the underground garage were quantitatively analyzed. It is found that the air quality in some areas of the underground garage is poor, and long-term activities in this environment will affect people’s health. To solve this problem, in this study, the area with relatively good air quality in the underground garage is found to provide personnel activities, and the optimization measu.res of winter ventilation in the underground garage were put forward

Implementation and Optimization of GPU-Based Static State Security Analysis in Power Systems

Static state security analysis (SSSA) is one of the most important computations to check whether a power system is in normal and secure operating state. It is a challenge to satisfy real-time requirements with CPU-based concurrent methods due to the intensive computations. A sensitivity analysis-based method with Graphics processing unit (GPU) is proposed for power systems, which can reduce calculation time by 40% compared to the execution on a 4-core CPU. The proposed method involves load flow analysis and sensitivity analysis. In load flow analysis, a multifrontal method for sparse LU factorization is explored on GPU through dynamic frontal task scheduling between CPU and GPU. The varying matrix operations during sensitivity analysis on GPU are highly optimized in this study. The results of performance evaluations show that the proposed GPU-based SSSA with optimized matrix operations can achieve a significant reduction in computation time

Using 3D Printing Technology to Manufacture Personalized Bone Cement Placeholder Mold for Bone Defect Repair and Reconstruction with Infection: A Case Report

Background Limb salvage surgery is the preferred treatment for most malignant bone tumors, but postoperative infection treatment is very challenging. Simultaneously controlling infection and solving bone defects are clinical treatment challenges. Case Presentation Here we describe a new technique for treating bone defect infection after bone tumor surgery. An 8‐year‐old patient suffered an incision infection after osteosarcoma resection and bone defect reconstruction. In response, we designed her a personalized, anatomically matched, antibiotic‐loaded, bone cement spacer mold using 3D printing technology. The patient's infection was cured, and limb salvage was successful. In follow‐up, the patient had returned to normal postoperative chemotherapy and was able to walk with the help of a cane. There was no obvious pain in the knee joint. At 3 months after operation, the range of motion of the knee joint was 0°–60°. Conclusion The 3D printing spacer mold is an effective solution for treating the infection with large bone defect