Abstract: A robotic bronchoscopy navigation method, performed by a processing control device, includes: performing a navigation procedure according to obtained navigation image, the navigation procedure including: determining whether the navigation image has a node, if the navigation image does not have the node, controlling a bending part of a robotic bronchoscopy to move toward an image center of the navigation image, if the navigation image has the node, calculating a distance between the bronchoscopy and the node, controlling the bending part to move according to a default branch when the distance is smaller than a threshold of distance, and determining whether the default branch is a destination branch where a destination is located, if the default branch is not the destination branch, obtaining another navigation image, and performing the navigation procedure on the another navigation image, and if the default branch is the destination branch, outputting a notification.

Abstract: A wafer container includes a frame, a door and at least a pair of shelves. The frame has opposite sidewalls. The pair of the shelves are respectively disposed and aligned on the opposite sidewalls of the frame. Various methods and devices are provided for holding at least one wafer to the shelves during transport.

Abstract: A network management method and a related device are provided. The method includes: receiving first operation and maintenance service information and/or second operation and maintenance service information, determining a first correspondence between the first operation and maintenance service and the first network management device, and a second correspondence between the second operation and maintenance service and the second network management device; and receiving third operation and maintenance service information, and executing a third operation and maintenance service based on a correspondence between a network device and an operation and maintenance service. At least two network management devices collaborate to provide an operation and maintenance service for a user of an enterprise network.

Abstract: A flexible screen comprises a multi-layer display structure and a covering structure. The multi-layer display structure includes an outer surface and an inner surface opposite to the outer surface, and the inner surface faces towards the foldable electronic device. The covering structure is disposed on the outer surface of the multi-layer display structure and includes a substrate layer and a plurality of nano-protrusions. The nano-protrusions are formed in array on at least one side of the substrate layer. The flexible screen can transform between an unfolded state and a folded state, and a bending section is partially formed when the flexible screen is in the folded state. The nano-protrusions located in the bending section can release the stress generated in the bending section when the flexible screen transform between the unfolded state and the folded state.

Abstract: A method includes forming a test pattern and a reference pattern in an absorption layer of a photomask structure. The test pattern has a first trench and a second trench, the reference pattern has a third trench and a fourth trench, the test pattern and the reference pattern have substantially the same dimension in a top view, and the second trench is deeper than the first trench, the third trench, and the fourth trench. The method further includes emitting a light beam to the test pattern to obtain a first interference pattern reflected from the test pattern, emitting the light beam to the reference pattern to obtain a second interference pattern reflected from the reference pattern; and comparing the first interference pattern with the second interference pattern to obtain a measured complex refractive index of the absorption layer.

Abstract: A foldable electronic device is provided and includes a central base, a torque module, two wing members, two transmission members, two panel bodies, two connecting rods, two drop plates, a synchronous module and a flexible screen. The torque module is disposed on the central base, the wing members pivot relative to the central base, the transmission members are pivotally connected to the torque module and the central base, the panel bodies pivot relative to the wing members and linearly slide relative to the transmission members, the connecting rods pivot relative to the wing members, the drop plates pivot relative to the panel bodies and the connecting rods, the synchronous module drives the transmission members to reverse synchronously, and the flexible screen is arranged on the panel bodies, the drop plates and the wing members and includes a bendable area.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an image sensor including first chip and a second chip. The first chip includes a first substrate, a plurality of photodetectors disposed in the first substrate, a first interconnect structure disposed on a front side of the first substrate, and a first bond structure disposed on the first interconnect structure. The second chip underlies the first chip. The second chip includes a second substrate, a plurality of semiconductor devices disposed on the second substrate, a second interconnect structure disposed on a front side of the second substrate, and a second bond structure disposed on the second interconnect structure. A first bonding interface is disposed between the second bond structure and the first bond structure. The second interconnect structure is electrically coupled to the first interconnect structure by way of the first and second bond structures.

Abstract: A package structure, including a circuit board, multiple circuit structure layers, at least one bridge structure, and at least one supporting structure, is provided. The circuit structure layer is disposed on the circuit board. The bridge structure is connected between the two adjacent circuit structure layers. The supporting structure is located between the two adjacent circuit structure layers, and the supporting structure has a first end and a second end opposite to each other and respectively connecting the bridge structure and the circuit board.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first contact layer, a second contact layer, an active layer, a photonic crystal layer, a passivation layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first contact layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. Microstructures are located on the second surface. The second contact layer is located below the first surface. The active layer is located between the first contact layer and the second contact layer. The photonic crystal layer is located between the active layer and the second contact layer. The passivation layer is located on the second contact layer. The first electrode is located on the passivation layer and is electrically connected the first surface of the first contact layer. The second electrode is located on the passivation layer and is electrically connected to the second contact layer.

Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that bind to the alpha subunit of an IL-7 receptor (IL-7R?). Also provided are uses of these antibodies in therapeutic applications, such as treatment of inflammatory diseases. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain regions of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides.

Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, that specifically bind and inhibit TREM-1 signaling, wherein the antibodies do not bind to one or more Fc?Rs and do not induce the myeloid cells to produce inflammatory cytokines. Also provided are uses of such antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, in therapeutic applications, such as treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: The present application provides a lighting apparatus, including a lighting apparatus body and a control circuit built in the lighting apparatus body, where the lighting apparatus body includes a plurality of LED lamps; the control circuit includes a motor drive sub-circuit and an LED drive sub-circuit, and the LED drive sub-circuit is connected to the LED lamps, and configured to provide an LED drive signal for the LED lamps; and the motor drive sub-circuit is configured to be connected to a load motor outside the lighting apparatus body, so as to provide a motor drive signal for the load motor.

Abstract: An interactive exercise apparatus for guiding a user to perform an exercise includes a display device and a detecting device. The display device is configured to display video imagery which shows an instructor image and at least one motion check image. The motion check image corresponds to a predetermined one of a plurality of body parts of the user, which has a motion guide track and a motion achievement evaluation. The detecting device is configured to detect displacement of the body parts. The motion guide track is displayed on a predetermined position of the video imagery with a predetermined track pattern, corresponding to a movement path of the predetermined body part when the user follows movements demonstrated by the instructor image to perform the exercise. The motion achievement evaluation indicates a matching degree determined according to the displacement of the predetermined body part detected by the detecting device.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for irrigating lands are disclosed. In one example, an irrigation system is disclosed. The irrigation system includes a gate and a microcontroller unit (MCU). The gate is configured for adjusting a water flow for irrigating a piece of land. The MCU is configured for controlling the gate to adjust the water flow based on environmental information related to the piece of land.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source, and an optical film. The light guide plate has a light incident surface and a light exiting surface opposite to the light incident surface, in which the light exiting surface has a normal line. The light source is adjacent to the light incident surface. The optical film is disposed to the light exiting surface and includes plural parallel prisms and plural microstructures. An extending direction of each of the prisms is perpendicular to the normal line, and each of the prisms faces the light exiting surface of the light guide plate. Each of the microstructures is located on a surface of the optical film which faces away from the light guide plate. Each of the microstructures has a pyramid structure with plural facets. The prisms are located between the microstructures and the light exiting surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure. The method includes: forming a conformal layer over a first patterned layer over a substrate; forming a second layer over the conformal layer and between portions of the first patterned layer; performing a first etching to form a second patterned layer and a patterned conformal layer; performing a second etching to remove a portion of the first patterned layer to form a first inclined member of the first patterned layer tapered away from the substrate and lining a vertical portion of the patterned conformal layer, and to remove a portion of the second patterned layer to form a second inclined member of the second patterned layer tapered away from the substrate and lining the vertical portion of the patterned conformal layer; and performing a third etching to remove the vertical portions of the patterned conformal layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure. The method includes: forming a conformal layer over a first patterned layer over a substrate; forming a second layer over the conformal layer and between portions of the first patterned layer; performing a first etching to form a second patterned layer and a patterned conformal layer; performing a second etching to remove a portion of the first patterned layer to form a first inclined member of the first patterned layer tapered away from the substrate and lining a vertical portion of the patterned conformal layer, and to remove a portion of the second patterned layer to form a second inclined member of the second patterned layer tapered away from the substrate and lining the vertical portion of the patterned conformal layer; and performing a third etching to remove the vertical portions of the patterned conformal layer.

Abstract: A device includes: a complementary transistor including: a first transistor having a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region; and a second transistor stacked on the first transistor, and having a third source/drain region and a fourth source/drain region, the third source/drain region overlapping the first source/drain region, the fourth source/drain region overlapping the second source/drain region. The device further includes: a first source/drain contact electrically coupled to the third source/drain region; a second source/drain contact electrically coupled to the second source/drain region; a gate isolation structure adjacent the first and second transistors; and an interconnect structure electrically coupled to the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a processing chamber having a plasma intake wall configured to receive plasma from a remote plasma source (RPS) and a surrounding wall having an inner surface defining an interior volume for receiving a substrate; and a substrate support having a substrate supporting surface facing the plasma intake wall and elevatably arranged in the interior volume of the processing chamber. The surrounding wall, in a cross-section of the processing chamber, includes: a first segment having a first width associated with a processing region for the substrate support; a second segment having a width greater than the first width that is further away from the plasma intake wall than the first segment.

Abstract: A certificate requesting method, a certificate issuing method, a certificate system and a computer-readable medium thereof are provided, in which subscriber identity identification information, a private key and a public key certificate bound to a first security chip are converted into a private key bound to a second security chip via an online identity authentication procedure, and the corresponding public key certificate is issued by a certificate authority server, so as to improve the usability, the convenience and the security thereof.