Abstract: A composition for inhibiting skin cell proliferation and/or anti-inflammation is provided. The composition for inhibiting skin cell proliferation and/or anti-inflammation includes: apigenin and luteolin, wherein a weight ratio of the apigenin to the luteolin is about 1.5-25:1, or a mole ratio of the apigenin to the luteolin is about 1.5-25:1. Moreover, the apigenin and the luteolin have a synergistic effect on inhibiting skin cell proliferation and/or anti-inflammation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating or alleviating an autoimmune disease and/or complication thereof and/or nephritis, including: an effective amount of an extract of a plant belonging to Rutaceae as an effective ingredient for treating or alleviating the autoimmune disease and/or complication thereof and/or nephritis, wherein the autoimmune disease is selected from a group consisting of lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC).

Abstract: Embodiments of the subject matter described herein relate to object detection based on neural network. In some implementations, a candidate region in an image, a first score and a plurality of positions associated with the candidate region are determined from a feature map of the image, and the first score indicates a probability that the candidate region corresponds to a particular portion of an object. A plurality of second scores are determined from the feature map and indicate probabilities that the plurality of positions correspond to a plurality of parts of the object, respectively. A final score of the candidate region is determined based on the first score and the plurality of second scores, to identify the particular portion of the object in the image.

Abstract: In accordance with implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is provided a solution for face synthesis. In this solution, a first image about a face of a first user and a second image about a face of a second user are obtained. A first feature characterizing an identity of the first user is extracted from the first image, and a second feature characterizing a plurality of attributes of the second image is extracted from the second image, where the plurality of attributes do not include the identity of the second user. Then, a third image about a face of the first user is generated based on the first and second features, the third image reflecting the identity of the first user and the plurality of attributes of the second image.

Abstract: A device includes a substrate, and an alignment mark including a conductive through-substrate via (TSV) penetrating through the substrate.

Abstract: A surveillance method using multi-dimensional sensor data for use in a surveillance system is provided. The surveillance system includes a plurality of sensors installed within a scene, and the plurality of sensor are classified into a plurality of types. The surveillance method includes the steps of: obtaining each type of sensor data from the scene using the sensors; performing a local-object process on each type of sensor data to generate local-object-feature information for each type; performing a global-object process according to the local-object-feature information of each type to generate global-object-feature information; and performing a global-object recognition process on the global-object-feature information to generate a global-recognition result.

Abstract: A hardware boost method and a hardware boost system are provided. The hardware boost method includes: initializing a status table, wherein the status table includes multiple statuses, each of the statuses corresponds to a first action and a second action, and each of the statuses includes FPS information; and in each episode: determining that a system status belongs to a first status among the statuses; executing one of the first action and the second action according to a value corresponding to the first status and the first action and a value corresponding to the first status and the second action to enter a second status among the statuses and obtain a reward value; and refreshing the value corresponding to the first status and the one of the first action and the second action according to the reward value.

Abstract: A device includes a substrate, and an alignment mark including a conductive through-substrate via (TSV) penetrating through the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a silicon control rectifier (SCR) region and a NPN region adjacent to the SCR region. The silicon control rectifier (SCR) region includes a first p-well region, a first n-well region surrounded by the first p-well region and a first P+ region in the first p-well region and spaced apart from the first n-well region. The NPN region includes a second p-well region, a first N+ region, a second N+ region and a second P+ region. The first N+ region is coupled to the second p-well region and an electrostatic discharge source. The second N+ region is coupled to the second p-well region and spaced apart from the first N+ region. The second P+ region is disposed in the second p-well region and equipotentially connected to the first P+ region in the first p-well region.

Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided and includes a first display module, a second display module, a keyboard device, a sensing unit and a control unit. The second display module is pivotally connected to the first display module. The sensing unit is configured to sense a position of the keyboard device relative to the second display module to output a sensing signal. The control unit is configured to control a displaying image of the second display module according to the sensing signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor ESD protection device. The semiconductor ESD protection device includes a substrate including a first conductivity type, a gate formed on the substrate, a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate, and a body region formed in the substrate. The substrate and the body region include a first conductivity type. The source region and the drain region include a second conductivity type. And the first conductivity type and the second conductivity type are complementary to each other. The body region is electrically connected to the gate.

Abstract: In implementations of the subject matter described herein, a solution for object detection is proposed. First, a feature(s) is extracted from an image and used to identify a candidate object region in the image. Then another feature(s) is extracted from the identified candidate object region. Based on the features extracted in these two stages, a target object region in the image and a confidence for the target object region are determined. In this way, the features that characterize the image from the whole scale and a local scale are both taken into consideration in object recognition, thereby improving accuracy of the object detection.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing graphene by liquid-phase ball milling exfoliation, including following steps: mixing a transition metal halide salt, a nitrogen source substance and an organic solvent to prepare an intercalation agent; mixing the intercalation agent with graphite, carrying out ball milling, and then performing centrifugation to obtain a graphite intercalation compound; washing and filtering the graphite intercalation compound obtained, adding an expansion agent, and carrying out ultrasonic agitation to obtain a graphene dispersion; and washing, filtering and drying the graphene dispersion to obtain graphene powder.

Abstract: An intercalation agent for rapid graphite exfoliation in mass production of high-quality graphene is provided, including a transition metal halide salt, a nitrogen source substance and an organic solvent, and the mass ratio of the transition metal halide salt, the nitrogen source substance and the organic solvent is (1-10):1:(2-10). The transition metal halide salt can form a eutectic with the nitrogen source substance or the organic solvent, and the melting point thereof is lower than that of each component, thereby lowering the reaction temperature, and the preparation cost and difficulty; and a hydrogen bond can also be formed between the nitrogen source substance and the organic solvent, thereby avoiding interlayer stacking of the prepared graphene, thus improving the exfoliation efficiency and the product quality.

Abstract: A surveillance method using multi-dimensional sensor data for use in a surveillance system is provided. The surveillance system includes a plurality of sensors installed within a scene, and the plurality of sensor are classified into a plurality of types. The surveillance method includes the steps of: obtaining each type of sensor data from the scene using the sensors; performing a local-object process on each type of sensor data to generate local-object-feature information for each type; performing a global-object process according to the local-object-feature information of each type to generate global-object-feature information; and performing a global-object recognition process on the global-object-feature information to generate a global-recognition result.

Abstract: In implementations of the subject matter described herein, a solution for object detection is proposed. First, a feature(s) is extracted from an image and used to identify a candidate object region in the image. Then another feature(s) is extracted from the identified candidate object region. Based on the features extracted in these two stages, a target object region in the image and a confidence for the target object region are determined. In this way, the features that characterize the image from the whole scale and a local scale are both taken into consideration in object recognition, thereby improving accuracy of the object detection.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides method, apparatus and system for 3-dimension (3D) face tracking. The method for 3D face tracking may comprise: obtaining a 2-dimension (2D) face image; performing a local feature regression on the 2D face image to determine 3D face representation parameters corresponding to the 2D face image; and generating a 3D facial mesh and corresponding 2D facial landmarks based on the determined 3D face representation parameters. The present disclosure may improve tracking accuracy and reduce memory cost, and accordingly may be effectively applied in broader application scenarios.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to detecting spoofed human faces. One example provides a computing device comprising a processor configured to compute a first feature distance between registered image data of a human face in a first spectral region and test image data of the human face in the first spectral region, compute a second feature distance between the registered image data and test image data of the human face in a second spectral region, compute a test feature distance between the test image data in the first spectral region and the test image data in the second spectral region, determine, based on a predetermined relationship, whether the human face to which the test image data in the first and second spectral regions corresponds is a real human face or a spoofed human face, and modify a behavior of the computing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a diode structure and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit including the same. The diode structure includes a P-type substrate. The diode structure further includes a plurality of wavy N-doping regions formed on the P-type substrate. Each of the wavy N-doping regions extends in a first direction and has an N-doping width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The diode structure further includes a plurality of wavy P-doping regions formed on the P-type substrate. Each of the wavy P-doping regions extends in the first direction and has a P-doping width in the second direction. The N-doping widths are essentially identical at different positions along the first direction, and the P-doping widths are essentially identical at different positions along the first direction.

Abstract: The invention introduces a screen-sharing method, executed by a processing unit of a screen-sharing source, which contains at least the following steps. Application windows being opened on a display unit are obtained. For each application window, screen-sharing receivers, which are connected to the screen-sharing source, are detected and items are appended to a system menu instance of the application window, where each item corresponds to one screen-sharing receiver.