Abstract: The present application belongs to the technical field of biopharmaceutical production devices, and discloses a culture vessel carrier automatic slide mechanism and a shaker incubator, by means of which a shake flask/shake tube/well plate carrier assembly can automatically slide in and out relative to an incubator main body. The culture vessel carrier automatic slide mechanism comprises a slide protective housing and is provided with a culture vessel carrier bearing member. A first slide rail and a second slide rail are arranged below the culture vessel carrier bearing member. The second slide rail is arranged below the culture vessel carrier bearing member and located above the first slide rail, and the first slide rail is arranged inside the incubator main body on a fixed base that does not slide.

Abstract: A method of localizing a mobile robot 100 with respect to a target object 601 using an initial map of a reference object which is a representation of the target object is disclosed herein.

Abstract: A patient interface including a plenum chamber, a first seal-forming structure for forming a seal around the patient's mouth, and a second seal-forming structure for forming a seal around the patient's nares. The patient interface further includes at least one stopper rib disposed in the cavity of the plenum chamber spaced apart from the first seal-forming structure in a rest position. The first seal-forming structure configured to contact the at least one stopper rib in an operational position. The at least one stopper rib configured to oppose compression of the first seal-forming structure in an anterior direction. The second seal-forming structure is not configured to contact the at least one stopper rib.

Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving a data request from a requesting device requesting data from a data source, looking up, in a blockchain ledger, a transaction corresponding to the data request to validate the data request, forwarding the validated data request to a data server, receiving a data response from the data server in response to the data request, wherein the data response comprises the requested data from the data source, and forwarding the data response to the requesting device.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a trans-impedance amplifier and a trans-impedance amplifier control method that are used in the field of circuit technologies. A trans-impedance amplifier TIA includes an inverting amplification circuit and a voltage clamping circuit. The inverting amplification circuit is connected in parallel to the voltage clamping circuit. The inverting amplification circuit includes a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor that have a common gate. A source of the first PMOS transistor is connected to a drain of the first NMOS transistor. The voltage clamping circuit includes a second PMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor that have a common gate. Gates of the two transistors are connected to an input end of the TIA. A source of the second NMOS transistor and a drain of the second PMOS transistor are connected to an output end of the TIA.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions, systems, and kits comprising nano-satellite complexes and/or serum albumin carrier complexes, which are used for modulating antigen-specific immune response (e.g., enhancing anti-tumor immunity). In certain embodiments, the nano-satellite complexes comprise: a) a core nanoparticle complex comprising a biocompatible coating surrounding a nanoparticle core; b) at least one satellite particle attached to, or absorbed to, the biocompatible coating; and c) an antigenic component conjugated to, or absorbed to, the at least one satellite particle component. In certain embodiments, the complexes further comprise: d) a type I interferon agonist agent. In some embodiments, the serum albumin complexes comprise: a) at least part of a serum albumin protein, b) an antigenic component conjugated to the carrier protein, and c) a type I interferon agonist agent.

Abstract: A method for smelting low-phosphorus high-manganese steel based on reduction dephosphorization of ferromanganese is provided in the present application, relating to the technical field of high-manganese steel smelting, where the dephosphorization of ferromanganese is carried out under reducing atmosphere conditions through mediate-frequency induction furnace to obtain molten ferromanganese with lower phosphorus content, which is subsequently mixed with low phosphorus molten steel obtained by smelting in oxidative period of electric arc furnace in LF ladle refining furnace to make the Mn content of steel reach the requirement of high-manganese steel, and smelting is carried out under the condition of reducing atmosphere by adjusting the composition and temperature of the molten steel to meet the requirements of the target composition of the steel grade before tapping the steel.

Abstract: A method for detecting defects on a wafer including the steps of obtaining a reference image of a chip pattern formed on a reference wafer, using a computer algorithm to analyze the reference image to produce a division map for the chip pattern; setting respective thresholds for divisions of the division map, obtaining a comparison data between a test image of the chip pattern formed on a test wafer and the reference image, using the division map and the thresholds to examine the comparison data to identify a defect in the test image.

Abstract: Implementations of the present specification provide a method and an apparatus for managing a TLB cache in a virtualization platform, where the virtualization platform runs a plurality of virtual machines, each virtual machine is allocated with a unique VPID, and all virtual logical processors in the virtual machine share the VPID; and a guest process running in the virtual machine is allocated with a PCID. An identifier field of a TLB entry in the TLB cache includes a VPID and a PCID.

Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure relates to an apparatus including a first field effect transistor (FET) including a first gate configured to receive a first input signal that varies in accordance with a first voltage domain; and a first inverter including a first input configured to receive a second input signal that varies in accordance with a second voltage domain, and a first output configured to generate a first output signal that varies in accordance with the second voltage domain, wherein the first output signal is based on the first and second input signals, and wherein the first FET and the first inverter are coupled in series between first and second voltage rails. Per another aspect, the apparatus includes additional circuitry to allow the apparatus to process signals in accordance with a third voltage domain.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to natural language processing. Techniques can include receiving input text, extracting, from the input text, at least one modifier and aspect pair, receiving data from a knowledgebase, based on the at least one modifier and aspect pair and commonsense data, generate one or more premise embeddings, convert the input text into tokens, generating at least one vector for one or more of the tokens based on an analysis of the tokens, combine the at least one vector with the one or more premise embeddings to create at least one combined vector, and analyze the at least one combined vector wherein the analysis generates an output indicative of a feature of the input text.

Abstract: A safety switch device including a device main body and a movable portion capable of moving in a predetermined moving direction. The device main body is provided with a back surface supporting portion having a supporting surface which supports a back surface of a mobile terminal, and a main-body-side holding portion which pushes one side of the mobile terminal, and the movable portion is provided with a movable-portion-side holding portion which pushes the other side of the mobile terminal, and each of the main-body-side holding portion and the movable-portion-side holding portion is provided with an inclined surface which comes into close contact with the mobile terminal, and each of the inclined surfaces inclines in a direction where the inclined surfaces get close to each other in the moving direction as being distant from the supporting surface in the direction orthogonal to the supporting surface.

Abstract: A safety switch device including a device main body, a movable portion movable in a moving direction with respect to the device main body, and a holding portion configured to hold the movable portion at a position in the moving direction. The device main body includes a main-body-side holding portion, the movable portion includes a movable-portion-side holding portion provided so as to be opposite to the main-body-side holding portion in the moving direction, the holding portion includes a rack gear provided in one of the device main body and the movable portion, an engaging tooth member provided in the other of the device main body and the movable portion so as to be movable in a direction intersecting the moving direction, and an springy member that urges the engaging tooth member in a direction in which the engaging tooth member meshes with the rack gear.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a substrate. The present disclosure provides a substrate for use in both surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy. The substrate includes a flexible polymeric membrane, a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles disposed on the polymeric membrane, and a plurality of metallic nanoparticles directly disposed on a portion of the plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles. The plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles are configured to work synergistically with metal nanoparticles upon exposure of the substrate surface to at least one of visible light or infrared radiation.

Abstract: An electronic paper display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The electronic paper display apparatus includes an electronic paper display panel and a control chip. The control chip is coupled to the electronic paper display panel. The control chip is configured to generate a clock signal and simulate a driving signal according to the clock signal and panel control data. The control chip drives the electronic paper display panel by utilizing the clock signal and the driving signal.

Abstract: An electronic paper display apparatus including an electronic paper display panel and a driver apparatus is provided. The electronic paper display panel displays image frames and includes a plurality of display modes. The driver apparatus is electrically connected to the electronic paper display panel. The driver apparatus determines what display mode the electronic paper display panel is in according to image data. The driver apparatus selects a driving signal to drive the electronic paper display panel to display the image frames according to the display mode of the electronic paper display panel. The image data is encoded according to one of a plurality of encoding methods to include information related to the display mode of the electronic paper display panel.

Abstract: A method is provided of forming a neural network for detecting surface defects in aircraft engine components. The method includes: providing (i) a pre-trained deep learning network and (ii) a learning machine network; providing a set of pixelated training images of aircraft engine components exhibiting examples of different classes of surface defect; training the trainable weights of the learning machine network on the set of training images.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a substrate. The present disclosure provides a substrate for use in surface enhanced spectroscopy. The substrate includes a polymeric membrane, a semi-conductive coating on the polymeric membrane, and a plurality of metallic nanoparticles on the semi-conducive coating.

Abstract: A method is provided of forming a neural network for detecting surface defects in aircraft engine components. The method includes: providing (i) a pre-trained deep learning network and (ii) a learning machine network; providing a set of pixelated training images of aircraft engine components exhibiting examples of different classes of surface defect; training the trainable weights of the learning machine network on the set of training images.