Abstract: A method for determining a maximum transmission capacity, TCAPMAX-OL, of an optical link, OL, within an optical network includes loading an optical transmission spectrum of the optical link, OL, being partially occupied by at least one data traffic carrying channel, CH, with amplified spontaneous emission, ASE, noise spectrally shaped such that the transmission performance of the optical transmission spectrum fully occupied with data traffic carrying channels, CHs, is matched. The method further includes determining the maximum transmission capacity, TCAPMAX-OL, of the optical link, OL, on the basis of measured link data transported through the optical link, OL, via the at least one data traffic carrying channel, CH.

Abstract: Embodiments of bonded semiconductor structures and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure, a second semiconductor structure, and a bonding interface between the first and second semiconductor structures. The first semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first device layer disposed on the substrate, and a first bonding layer disposed above the first device layer and including a first bonding contact. The second semiconductor structure includes a second device layer, and a second bonding layer disposed below the second device layer and including a second bonding contact. The first bonding contact is in contact with the second bonding contact at the bonding interface. At least one of the first bonding contact and the second bonding contact includes a capping layer at the bonding interface and having a conductive material different from a remainder of the respective first or second bonding contact.

Abstract: A detection method is disclosed. The detection method is configured to detect a fingerprint sensing device, in which the fingerprint sensing device includes several sensing electrodes arranged in a matrix, in which the detection method includes: outputting several gate signals to several sensing electrodes through a plurality of gate lines; outputting a plurality of sensing values of several sensing electrodes according to a sensing interval of each of several gate signals; and determining whether a defect exists in the fingerprint sensing device or not according to several sensing values, in which a first gate signal of several gate signals is transmitted to part of several sensing electrodes through a first gate line of several gate lines, and in which the sensing interval of the first gate signal is shorter than the sensing interval of each of the rest of several gate signals.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacture comprise forming a channel-less, porous low K material. The material may be formed using a silicon backbone precursor and a hydrocarbon precursor to form a matrix material. The material may then be cured to remove a porogen and help to collapse channels within the material. As such, the material may be formed with a scaling factor of less than or equal to about 1.8.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacture comprise forming a channel-less, porous low K material. The material may be formed using a silicon backbone precursor and a hydrocarbon precursor to form a matrix material. The material may then be cured to remove a porogen and help to collapse channels within the material. As such, the material may be formed with a scaling factor of less than or equal to about 1.8.

Abstract: A system for providing a user of a virtual reality (VR) system with physical interactions with an object in the real world or in the surrounding physical space while they are concurrently interacting in the virtual world with a corresponding virtual object. The real world object is dynamic with the system including a physical interaction system that includes a robot with a manipulator for moving, positioning, and/or orienting the real world object so as to move it into contact with the user. For example, the physical object is moved into contact with a tracked body part of the user, such as a hand, a tracked contact surface on the user's body, and so on, at a time that is accurately synchronized with a time of an interaction event occurring in the virtual world being created by the VR system.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel structure and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel having the pixel structure. The pixel structure includes a sub-pixel unit, the sub-pixel unit includes a light emitting layer and a light conversion layer disposed on a light emergent side of the light emitting layer, and the light conversion layer includes a Stokes material layer or anti-Stokes material layer. The light conversion layer is used for converting the color of the light emitted by the light emitting layer into an expected color. The pixel structure provided by the present disclosure can improve the utilization efficiency of the light and reduce the energy consumption.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacture comprise forming a channel-less, porous low K material. The material may be formed using a silicon backbone precursor and a hydrocarbon precursor to form a matrix material. The material may then be cured to remove a porogen and help to collapse channels within the material. As such, the material may be formed with a scaling factor of less than or equal to about 1.8.

Abstract: A method for data quantization is provided. The method includes: receiving data to be quantized; calculating a quantization parameter according to a distribution of the data to be quantized; iteratively calculating an optimal quantization step size according to the quantization parameter and the data to be quantized; and quantizing the data to be quantized according to the optimal quantization step size to obtain quantization data.

Abstract: A computation method used in a convolutional neural network is provided. The method includes: receiving original data; determining a first optimal quantization step size according to a distribution of the original data; performing fixed-point processing to the original data according to the first optimal quantization step size to generate first data; inputting the first data to a first layer of the convolutional neural network to generate first output data; determining a second optimal quantization step size according to a distribution of the first output data; performing the fixed-point processing to the first output data according to the second optimal quantization step size to generate second data; and inputting the second data to a second layer of the convolutional neural network.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of medicine technology, particularly relating to an application of cyclic dinucleotide (cGAMP) in tumor treatment. Researches carried out in the present invention show that, cGAMP can inhibit growth of many types of tumor cells, with remarkable anti-tumor effect, thus, it can be used in preparation of anti-tumor drugs; and the prepared anti-tumor drugs have low toxicity and favorable effect. Proved by a subcutaneous tumor model in nude mice, cGAMP has a remarkable inhibition effect on tumors of human gastric carcinoma cell line MNK-45, human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549, human colorectal carcinoma cell line Lovo, human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721, human prostatic carcinoma cell line PC-3 and human pancreatic carcinoma cell SW1990, which are subcutaneously implanted in nude mice, and also proved by animal acute toxicity experiment. cGAMP has a relatively low acute toxicity, therefore and may be used for preparing anti-tumor drugs.

Abstract: In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor configured to output for display, a graphical keyboard. The at least one processor may also be configured to model, in a first lattice, a plurality of candidate character strings that include symbols of a first alphabet. The first lattice may indicate spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings. The at least one processor may be configured to determine, using a second lattice that indicates probabilities of one or more words of a second language based at least in part on the spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings, a probability that the at least one of the plurality of candidate character strings corresponds to at least one word included in the second language. The at least one processor may be configured to output for display, the one or more symbols representing at least one word.

Abstract: Adjusting the layout size of a hyperlink includes displaying at least one hyperlink in a user interface; detecting a touch operation for the at least one hyperlink, and extracting position coordinates of a touch point formed by the touch operation on the user interface. Adjusting the layout size further includes determining a target hyperlink from the at least one hyperlink, and determining the precision of the touch operation with respect to the target hyperlink based on the position coordinates of the touch point; and adjusting layout size of the target hyperlink based on the determined precision. The hyperlink layout in a web page can be adapted to the touch precision of user's finger automatically, which facilitates the recognition of hyperlinks by the user's finger.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of medicine technology, particularly relating to an application of cyclic dinucleotide (cGAMP) in tumor treatment. Researches carried out in the present invention show that, cGAMP can inhibit growth of many types of tumor cells, with remarkable anti-tumor effect, thus, it can be used in preparation of anti-tumor drugs; and the prepared anti-tumor drugs have low toxicity and favorable effect. Proved by a subcutaneous tumor model in nude mice, cGAMP has a remarkable inhibition effect on tumors of human gastric carcinoma cell line MNK-45, human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549, human colorectal carcinoma cell line Lovo, human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721, human prostatic carcinoma cell line PC-3 and human pancreatic carcinoma cell SW1990, which are subcutaneously implanted in nude mice, and also proved by animal acute toxicity experiment. cGAMP has a relatively low acute toxicity, therefore and may be used for preparing anti-tumor drugs.

Abstract: Embodiments include a method for adjusting layout size of a hyperlink. The method comprises: displaying at least one hyperlink in a user interface; detecting a touch operation for the at least one hyperlink, and extracting position coordinates of a touch point formed by the touch operation on the user interface; determining a target hyperlink from the at least one hyperlink, and determining the precision of the touch operation with respect to the target hyperlink based on the position coordinates of the touch point; and adjusting layout size of the target hyperlink based on the determined precision. A hyperlink layout in a web page can be adapted to the touch precision of user's finger automatically, which facilitates the recognition of hyperlinks by the user's finger.

Abstract: In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor configured to output for display, a graphical keyboard. The at least one processor may also be configured to model, in a first lattice, a plurality of candidate character strings that include symbols of a first alphabet. The first lattice may indicate spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings. The at least one processor may be configured to determine, using a second lattice that indicates probabilities of one or more words of a second language based at least in part on the spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings, a probability that the at least one of the plurality of candidate character strings corresponds to at least one word included in the second language. The at least one processor may be configured to output for display, the one or more symbols representing at least one word.

Abstract: A touch panel scanning method includes transmitting a first driving signal into a first signal line of a side of a touch panel in a power saving mode; receiving a first sensing signal from a second signal line of the side of the touch panel; and determining if the first sensing signal satisfying a predetermined rule so as to control the touch panel to perform a corresponding operation; wherein the first sensing signal relates to a mutual capacitance between the first signal line and the second signal line.

Abstract: Embodiments include a method for adjusting layout size of a hyperlink. The method comprises: displaying at least one hyperlink in a user interface; detecting a touch operation for the at least one hyperlink, and extracting position coordinates of a touch point formed by the touch operation on the user interface; determining a target hyperlink from the at least one hyperlink, and determining the precision of the touch operation with respect to the target hyperlink based on the position coordinates of the touch point; and adjusting layout size of the target hyperlink based on the determined precision. A hyperlink layout in a web page can be adapted to the touch precision of user's finger automatically, which facilitates the recognition of hyperlinks by the user's finger.

Abstract: Adjusting the layout size of a hyperlink includes displaying at least one hyperlink in a user interface; detecting a touch operation for the at least one hyperlink, and extracting position coordinates of a touch point formed by the touch operation on the user interface. Adjusting the layout size further includes determining a target hyperlink from the at least one hyperlink, and determining the precision of the touch operation with respect to the target hyperlink based on the position coordinates of the touch point; and adjusting layout size of the target hyperlink based on the determined precision. The hyperlink layout in a web page can be adapted to the touch precision of user's finger automatically, which facilitates the recognition of hyperlinks by the user's finger.

Abstract: A gene comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and another gene comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, the latter being artificially synthesized according to plant preferred codons. Both genes encode a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3. Also provided are recombinant vectors containing each of the genes and host cells transformed with the recombinant vectors. The host cells can be prokaryotic cells [[and]] or eukaryotic cells. The transgenic plants comprising the gene having the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 show improved salt and drought tolerance after the [[said]] gene is expressed in the transgenic plants.