Abstract: An electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes an array substrate, which includes a substrate, a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer, a second conductive layer, and a second insulating layer. The substrate has a substrate surface. The first conductive layer is located on the substrate surface. The first insulating layer is located on the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer is located on the first insulating layer and includes a first sputtering layer, a second sputtering layer, and a third sputtering layer. The second insulating layer is located on the second conductive layer. The second sputtering layer is located between the first and third sputtering layers, and includes a first metal element. The first sputtering layer includes the first metal element and a second metal element. The third sputtering layer includes the first metal element and a third metal element.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch display panel including a substrate and a first mesh electrode. The first mesh electrode is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of first extending portions, a plurality of second extending portions, and a plurality of first disconnection regions. The first extending portions are arranged along a first direction and extend in a second direction. The first direction intersects with the second direction. The second extending portions are arranged along the second direction and extend in the first direction. The first disconnection regions are arranged along the first direction and extend in the second direction. The first disconnection regions overlap the second extending portions and do not overlap the first extending portions.

Abstract: A needle steering system and apparatus provides active, semi-autonomous control of needle insertion paths while still enabling a clinician ultimate control over needle insertion. A method and system controls the needle path as the needle is inserted by precisely controlling the rotation of the needle as it continuously rotates during insertion. This enables underactuated 2 degree-of-freedom (DOF) control of the direction and the curvature of the needle from a single rotary actuator. Control of the rotary motion is therefore decoupled from the needle insertion. The rotary motion controls steering effort and direction, while the insertion controls needle depth or insertion speed. In one implementation, the proposed method does not require constant velocity insertion, interleaved insertion and rotation, or known insertion position or speed. The insertion may be provided by a robot or other automated method, may be a manual insertion, or may be a teleoperated insertion.

Abstract: There is provided a dialogue system comprising: an input for obtaining an input signal relating to speech or text input provided by a user; an output for outputting speech or text information specified by a determined dialogue act; and a processor configured to: determine dialogue information from the input signal; determine the dialogue act based on the determined dialogue information, wherein determining the dialogue act comprises: selecting a next state from a plurality of states, wherein each of the plurality of states comprises information specifying a dialogue act and transition information specifying a transition to another state, the transitions defining one or more dialogue pathways, wherein selecting the next state comprises selecting a state which is specified by the transition information in a current state or selecting a state which is specified by a rule in a first set of one or more rules.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified chromium-dpoed zinc gallate (ZGC) nanocubes, which are characterized in respectively having a concave surface that is modified with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES). The modified ZGC nanocubes produce long lasting luminescence (LLL) that lasts for at least 1.5 hours under X-ray or UV excitation. Also disclosed herein are methods for the preparation of the modified ZGC nanocubes; and methods for imaging an area of interest (e.g., cancer) in a live subject using the modified ZGC nanocubes as an imaging agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides the design of a class of prodrugs for self-assembly into therapeutic tubular supramolecular polymers and their use in a wide variety of applications. The therapeutic tubular supramolecular polymers can be used to formulate drugs and imaging agents for in vitro and in vivo uses.

Abstract: A communication system and a communication method for one-way transmission are provided. The communication method includes: receiving, by a router, a first synchronization message from a grandmaster clock; generating, by the router, a timestamp according to the first synchronization message; receiving, by the router, at least one data packet; transmitting, by the router, the at least one data packet and the timestamp to a programmable logic device; and outputting, by the programmable logic device, the at least one data packet and the timestamp.

Abstract: An energy storage container ventilation system and an energy storage container are provided according to the present disclosure. The ventilation system includes an air conditioner, an air duct, and multiple columns of battery racks, and each battery rack includes multiple lines of battery boxes, and an air outlet of the air conditioner is communicated with the air duct, a communicating part of each battery box and the air duct is provided with a ventilation plate with the same structure or different structures. The energy storage container ventilation system of the present disclosure uses an air conditioner to dissipate heat. Ventilation plates are provided at communicating parts of the air duct and each battery box. The structure of each ventilation plate is the same or different, so as to control an air intake volume flowing into each battery box.

Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosure relates to a flexible bone fixation device including two first fixation parts and a first flexible spanning part, connected between the two first fixation parts. The first flexible spanning part has a plurality of first cuts spaced apart by one another.

Abstract: An information transmission method, which is a method in which an information transmission apparatus transmits information through a dial pad during a call in a terminal, includes: executing an application program storing all or part of the information and displaying an application interface including the all or part of the information; executing the dial pad in a state where the application interface is displayed, and simultaneously displaying the dial pad and the application interface; and transmitting the information to another party through the dial pad, based on content of the application interface.

Abstract: A needle steering system and apparatus provides active, semi-autonomous control of needle insertion paths while still enabling a clinician ultimate control over needle insertion. A method and system controls the needle path as the needle is inserted by precisely controlling the rotation of the needle as it continuously rotates during insertion. This enables underactuated 2 degree-of-freedom (DOF) control of the direction and the curvature of the needle from a single rotary actuator. Control of the rotary motion is therefore decoupled from the needle insertion. The rotary motion controls steering effort and direction, while the insertion controls needle depth or insertion speed. In one implementation, the proposed method does not require constant velocity insertion, interleaved insertion and rotation, or known insertion position or speed. The insertion may be provided by a robot or other automated method, may be a manual insertion, or may be a teleoperated insertion.

Abstract: A method of obtaining a response to a query inputted by a user, the method comprising: receiving a user inputted query; representing the user inputted query as a sequence of embedding vectors using a first model; encoding the sequence of embedding vectors to produce a context vector using a second model; retrieving responses with associated response vectors; scoring response vectors against the context vector, wherein the scoring is a measure of the similarity between the context vector and a response vector; and outputting the responses with the closest response vectors, wherein the first model is configured to segment a user inputted query into a sequence of units from a vocabulary of units and represent each unit in the sequence as an embedding vector, wherein at least one of the units in the vocabulary is an incomplete word, and wherein the first model comprises parameters that are stored using eight bits per parameter; and wherein the second model has been trained using corresponding queries and response

Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified chromium-dpoed zinc gallate (ZGC) nanocubes, which are characterized in respectively having a concave surface that is modified with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES). The modified ZGC nanocubes produce long lasting luminescence (LLL) that lasts for at least 1.5 hours under X-ray or UV excitation. Also disclosed herein are methods for the preparation of the modified ZGC nanocubes; and methods for imaging an area of interest (e.g., cancer) in a live subject using the modified ZGC nanocubes as an imaging agent.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch display panel including a substrate and a first mesh electrode. The first mesh electrode is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of first extending portions, a plurality of second extending portions, and a plurality of first disconnection regions. The first extending portions are arranged along a first direction and extend in a second direction. The first direction intersects with the second direction. The second extending portions are arranged along the second direction and extend in the first direction. The first disconnection regions are arranged along the first direction and extend in the second direction. The first disconnection regions overlap the second extending portions and do not overlap the first extending portions.

Abstract: A lens barrel includes a front end portion. The front end portion includes an outer surface facing toward an object side and an inner surface facing toward an image side. The inner surface includes an inner side conical surface. The inner side conical surface is connected to the outer surface. The inner-side conical surface includes a plurality of toothed structures, an inner edge near an optical axis and an outer edge away from the optical axis. The outer edge is closer to the image side than the inner edge. The inner edge forms a clear hole. Each of the toothed structures includes a tooth peak and a tooth valley. The tooth peak and the tooth valley are disposed at the inner edge, and the tooth peak extends from the inner edge to the outer edge to form a convex strip.

Abstract: A plant growth monitoring method includes sensing growth data of a plant, determining reference data of the growth data, determining a first effective range of an N number of parameters of the reference data, determining a second effecting range of each parameter, and obtaining standard values of the N number of parameters in each of T growth periods.

Abstract: A positioning device for a stent includes a positioning member including a handle and an extension secured to the handle wherein the handle and the extension are coaxially connected, and an open end of the extension is provided with a hollow first magnetic member; and a stent inserted into a blood vessel and including a first stent member inserted into an artificial blood vessel, the first stent member being separated into two second stent members inserted into the artificial blood vessel wherein a diameter of the first stent member is greater than that of each second stent member, and a diameter of each second stent member is greater than that of the extension, the stent further comprising at least one second magnetic member on the first stent member proximate an open end thereof, the second magnetic member being configured to attach to the first magnetic member.

Abstract: A reflective LCD panel includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a polarizing film. The array substrate and the color filter substrate are disposed oppositely. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate and has an alignment direction. The polarizing film is disposed on the color filter substrate, and color coordinates of the polarizing film in the CIE1976 color space are (a, b), wherein 0.05?a?0.2 and ?5?b?0. The liquid crystal layer has a birefringence difference ?n, the liquid crystal layer has a thickness (d), when the reflective LCD panel is in a white frame, 2?n*d=?? is satisfied, ?? is the optical path difference obtained when a forward light vertically enters the liquid crystal layer and is reflected by the array substrate, and 120 nm??n*d?170 nm.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a transistor structure with silicide layers includes providing a substrate. A gate structure is disposed on the substrate. Two composite spacers are respectively disposed at two sides of the gate structure. Later, two source/drain doping regions are respectively formed in the substrate at two sides of the gate structure. Then, a protective material layer is formed to cover the gate structure and the two composite spacers. Subsequently, the protective material layer is etched to form two protective layers contacting the substrate and respectively covering the two composite spacers. Next, a cleaning process is performed to clean the residues from etching the protective material layer. Finally, a silicide process is performed to form numerous silicide layers respectively disposed on the source/drain doping regions outside of the protective layers and on the gate structure.

Abstract: A controlling method and a communication device are disclosed. The controlling method is applied to a communication device with a plurality of antennas. The controlling method includes the following operations: comparing a plurality of environmental parameters of the antennas in a comparison time interval to generate a determination result, wherein the determination result includes whether to switch the plurality of the antennas; adjusting the comparison time interval and a maintenance time interval according to the determination result; and transmitting or receiving wireless signals in the maintenance time interval. The controlling method and the communication device have the advantages of communication capability optimization and power saving.