Abstract: A method of operating an integrated circuit includes using a first switching device to couple a bio-sensing device to a first signal path, generating, using the bio-sensing device, a bio-sensing signal on the first signal path in response to an electrical characteristic of a sensing film, using a second switching device to couple a temperature-sensing device to a second signal path, and generating, using the temperature-sensing device, a temperature-sensing signal on the second signal path in response to a temperature of the sensing film. The first and second switching devices, the bio-sensing device, the temperature-sensing device, and the sensing film are components of a sensing pixel of a plurality of sensing pixels of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a frame processor for processing frames with aliasing artifacts. For example, the frame processor can include a super-resolution (SR) and anti-aliasing (AA) engine and an attention reference frame generator coupled to the SR and AA engine. The SR and AA engine can be configured to enhance resolution and remove aliasing artifacts of a frame to generate a first high-resolution frame with aliasing artifacts and a second high-resolution frame with aliasing artifacts removed. The attention reference frame generator can be configured to generate an attention reference frame based on the first high-resolution frame and the second high-resolution frame.

Abstract: A power consumption reduction method can include defining y operation scenarios according to x types of extracted information, generating z power profiles each used for controlling power provided to a subset of a plurality of processors, assigning the z power profiles to the y operation scenarios in a machine learning model, collecting to-be-evaluated information by the plurality of processors, comparing the to-be-evaluated information with the x types of extracted information to find a most similar type of extracted information, using the machine learning model to select an optimal power profile from the z power profiles according to the most similar type of extracted information, and applying the optimal power profile to control the power provided to the subset of the plurality of processors. The subset of the plurality of processors are of the same type of processor. x, y and z can be an integer larger than zero.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods which utilize a treatment process of a bottom anti-reflective layer are provided. The treatment process may be a physical treatment process in which material is added in order to fill holes and pores within the material of the bottom anti-reflective layer or else the treatment process may be a chemical treatment process in which a chemical reaction is used to form a protective layer. By treating the bottom anti-reflective layer the diffusion of subsequently applied chemicals is reduced or eliminated, thereby helping to prevent defects that arise from such diffusion.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for quantifying a bearing capacity of foundation containing shallow-hidden spherical cavities, comprising: in Step 1, constructing a spatial axisymmetric calculation model for stability analysis of the foundation containing shallow-hidden spherical cavities; in Step 2, solving the model to obtain a general solution which reflects the spatial stress distribution of surrounding rock containing shallow-hidden spherical cavities; in Step 3, obtain a mathematical expression by derivation for calculating the bearing capacity of the foundation containing shallow-hidden spherical cavities; and in Step 4: completing the determination of the foundation bearing capacity. Benefits: This method has many advantages such as comprehensive consideration, high accuracy and reliability of calculation results, and may provide the scientific basis for the development of prevention and control against the instability of the foundation containing shallow-hidden cavities.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a decellularized heart valve (DHV) composite, a preparation method of the DHV composite, and a use of the DHV composite. In some examples, the preparation method of the DHV composite includes the following steps: S1, conducting a reaction I on a DHV with a copper chloride-dopamine hydrochloride mixed solution to obtain a copper ion-modified DHV; and S2, conducting a reaction II on the copper ion-modified DHV with a GDF11 solution to obtain the DHV composite. In other examples, the present disclosure provides a use of the DHV composite in preparation of a tissue-engineered heart valve (TEHV). In further examples, the TEHV is a heart valve (HV) with remodeling and regeneration capabilities.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pyridazinone compound represented by Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, hydrate, solvate, polymorph, stereoisomer, or isotopic variant thereof. The compound can be used for preparation of medicinal products for treatment and/or prophylaxis of a disease or condition associated with thyroid hormone abnormalities. The compound has higher selectivity to TH?, better pharmacokinetic parameters, desired stability, and higher agonistic activity toward TH?.

Abstract: A method of building a characteristic model includes: acquiring raw electrical data from a measurement system outside one or more processing units; acquiring operational state-related data from an information collector inside the one or more processing units; performing a data annealing process on the raw electrical data and the operational state-related data to obtain and purified electrical data and purified operational state-related data; and performing a machine learning (ML)-based process to build the characteristic model based on the purified electrical data and the purified operational state-related data.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for automatically identifying south troughs by improved Laplace and relates to the technical field of meteorology. The method includes the following steps: acquiring grid data of a geopotential height field; calculating a gradient field of the geopotential height field in an x direction; searching for a turning point where a gradient value turned from being negative to being positive, and cleaning the gradient field; calculating a divergence of the x direction to obtain an improved Laplacian numerical value L?; performing 0,1 binarization processing on the L? to obtain a black-and-white image and a plurality of targets of potential troughs, merging the black-and-white image and the plurality of targets of the potential troughs by expansion, recovering original scale through erosion, and selecting an effective target through an angle of direction of a contour and an axial ratio.

Abstract: A method of fabrication of a multi-gate semiconductor device that includes providing a fin having a plurality of a first type of epitaxial layers and a plurality of a second type of epitaxial layers. The plurality of the second type of epitaxial layers is oxidized in the source/drain region. A first portion of a first layer of the second type of epitaxial layers is removed in a channel region of the fin to form an opening between a first layer of the first type of epitaxial layer and a second layer of the first type of epitaxial layer. A portion of a gate structure is then formed in the opening.

Abstract: A microfluidic detection unit comprises at least one fluid injection section, a fluid storage section and a detection section. Each fluid injection section defines a fluid outlet; the fluid storage section is in gas communication with the atmosphere and defines a fluid inlet; the detection section defines a first end in communication with the fluid outlet and a second end in communication with the fluid inlet. A height difference is defined between the fluid outlet and the fluid inlet along the direction of gravity. When a first fluid is injected from the at least one fluid injection section, the first fluid is driven by gravity to pass through the detection section and accumulate to form a droplet at the fluid inlet, such that a state of fluid pressure equilibrium of the first fluid is established.

Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: Machine assisted systems and methods for enhancing the resolution of an IC thermal profile from a system analysis are described. These systems and methods can use a neural network based predictor, that has been trained to determine a temperature rise across an entire IC. The training of the predictor can include generating a representation of two or more templates identifying different portions of an integrated circuit (IC), each template associated with location parameters to position the template in the IC; performing thermal simulations for each respective template of the IC, each thermal simulation determining an output based on a power pattern of tiles of the respective template, the output indicating a change in temperature of a center tile of the respective template relative to a base temperature of the integrated circuit; and training a neural network.

Abstract: An air pump assembly for an inflatable product may include a housing, a cover coupled to the housing, and a rotatable assembly supported by the housing. The rotatable assembly may include a pump housing having first and second air vents, an impeller positioned within the pump housing, a motor operatively coupled to the impeller, and a rotary disc positioned between the pump housing and a vent hole of the housing. The rotatable assembly may be rotatable to a first position wherein air flows from the first air vent of the pump housing to the second air vent of the pump housing and through the vent hole in the housing into an interior of the inflatable product and a second position wherein air flows from the interior of the inflatable product through the vent hole in the housing into the first air vent and then to the second air vent.

Abstract: A method and a platform for detecting an immunogenicity of a tumor neoantigen are provided. Specifically, the detection method includes the following steps: culturing human peripheral blood monocytes ex vivo for 13 days, adding an antigenic peptide fragment of human influenza virus and stimulating and activating cytokines, antigenic peptides, and immunoadjuvants during the 13 days, and finally conducting enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) chromogenic reaction and instrument-based scanning, counting, and analysis to detect the immunogenicity of tumor neoantigen. An application of the detection method and platform in biomedicine is provided. Compared with the prior art, the detection method and platform have advantages and characteristics of a short detection period, high convenience, low consumption of experimental cells, and low detection cost. Therefore, the detection method and platform can be used for ex vivo high-throughput assay for the immunogenicity of the tumor neoantigen.

Abstract: Machine assisted systems and methods for enhancing the resolution of an IC thermal profile from a system analysis are described. The methods can include generating a representation of two or more templates identifying different portions of an integrated circuit (IC); performing a thermal simulation for each respective template of the IC based on a sequence of power patterns of tiles of the respective template; and training a neural network with a plurality of training data collected via thermal simulations performed for the templates of the IC. These systems and methods can use a machine learning predictor, that has been trained to determine a transient temperature rise across an entire IC, and then append the determined transient temperature rise to a system level thermal profile of the IC.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistor (MISHEMT) and a Schottky gate HEMT. The Schottky gate HEMT and the MISHEMT are connected in series, and a Schottky gate of the Schottky gate HEMT is electrically connected with the source of the MISHEMT so as to generate a forward diode from the source to the drain of the MISHEMT. The series-connected structure is good for increasing the breakdown voltage of the semiconductor device, and the forward diode can reduce the power loss.

Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus for establishing a scene. The method for establishing the scene includes: receiving current state information of all devices in a target folder sent by a terminal, and the target folder is a set of devices that support scene establishment; establishing a target scene according to the current state information; and sending state information corresponding to the target scene to the terminal, and the state information corresponding to the target scene is locally pre-stored according to user demands.

Abstract: A video transmission system is disclosed. The video transmission system comprises a multi-drop bus, a first source driving chip, a second source driving chip and a timing controller. The first source driving chip comprises a first source driving circuit and a first terminal circuit. The first terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the first source driving circuit for providing a first terminal resistor. The second source driving chip comprises a second source driving circuit and a second terminal circuit. The second terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the second source driving circuit for providing a second terminal resistor. The timing controller is coupled to the first source driving chip and the second source driving chip via the multi-drop bus.