Abstract: An exemplary atomizer includes a liquid supply, an atomizing head, and an air passage. The liquid supply has a liquid chamber. The atomizing head includes a liquid absorbing element and a heating element. The liquid supply includes a sealing element at an end connected with the atomizing head. The sealing element is configured for sealing the tobacco liquid in the liquid chamber. The sealing element defines a through hole. The liquid supply further includes a magnet configured for sealing the through hole. The magnet abuts against the sealing element via a magnetic force. The atomizing head further includes an electromagnet. The electromagnet is configured for lifting the magnet when powered on, so that the tobacco liquid can flow out from the through hole. The present disclosure also relates to an electronic cigarette.

Abstract: An apparatus for constituent code processing in polar successive cancellation list (SCL) decoding and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a processor configured to determine an activation value I and a number r of the candidate paths, where I is a binary value and r is an integer, (I, r)=ƒ(R, k, m), ƒ is a function, R is a number indicating node reliability, k is an integer indicating a number of information nodes, and m is an integer indicating a number of leaf nodes; determine min1, min2, . . . , minq, wherein q is a number of least reliable bits; determine r candidate paths; determine path metrics PMtj of a codeword j for each candidate path t; and select r most probable paths based on PMtj.

Abstract: A method, computer program and apparatus operate when resuming data transmission/reception upon activation of a serving cell, or after a long in-device coexistence interference avoidance gap, to determine whether to report to a network access node an in-device coexistence interference indicator value and send the in-device coexistence interference indicator value to the network access node, The in-device coexistence interference indicator value is reported to the network access node for a certain period if any periodic channel quality indication resource is configured for the cell, or if an aperiodic channel quality indication for the cell is requested from the network access node.

Abstract: An image signal processing circuit of a display apparatus includes: a color converter converting first image signals to a first brightness signal, a first color difference signal, and a second color difference signal; a brightness emphasizer outputting a second brightness signal obtained by emphasizing an alternating current component of the first brightness signal; a brightness limiter determining an upper limit value and a lower limit value based on the first color difference signal and the second color difference signal and converting the second brightness signal to a third brightness signal between the upper limit value and the lower limit value; and a color inverse converter converting the third brightness signal, the first color difference signal, and the second color difference signal to second image signals.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hand-held vacuum cleaner (100), comprising a housing (1), a dust cup (2) and an electrical motor (3). The housing (1) is provided with an air inlet (111), an air outlet (311) and an air blowing vent (121), and the air blowing vent (121) is disposed adjacent to the air inlet (111). The dust cup (2) is disposed to the housing (1), and the dust cup (2) is connected to the air inlet (111). The electrical motor (3) is provided with an electrical motor chamber (31), airflow from the air inlet (111) switchably flows out through at least one of the air outlet (311) and the air blowing vent (121) by means of a switching mechanism (4) after flowing through the dust cup (2) and the electrical motor (3).

Abstract: A biopsy needle device constructed in a manner such that an internal needle is triggered in response to unlocking operation of internal needle locking device, after which a piston is retracted by a piston retraction spring in response to unlocking operation of piston locking device, whereby negative pressure is generated in a recess of the internal needle resulting in suction of biological tissue into the recess, and an external needle is triggered in response to unlocking operation of external needle locking device, thereby cutting and sampling the biological tissue which has been drawn into the recess.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring the productivity of a portable machine are provided. The method includes receiving motion data for at least one component of the portable machine from a multi-axis accelerometer, receiving position data for the at least one component from a process parameter sensor communicatively coupled to the at least one component, and determining, based on the received motion data and the received position data that the at least one component is oriented in a predetermined position for productive operation. The method also includes determining an area of productive operation using at least one physical dimension of the at least one component and the received motion data when the at least one component is oriented in the predetermined position for productive operation and incrementing a total area counter based on the determination.

Abstract: A solid-state drive device includes a first module including a first region containing a volatile main memory device and a controller device and a second region containing a first nonvolatile memory device, a second module disposed on the first module and having a third region containing a second nonvolatile memory device, the second module being connected to the first module, and a heat dissipating member disposed on the second module as vertically juxtaposed with the first and second modules. The heat dissipating member has a protruding portion protruding toward the first module and in direct thermal contact with the first region, and a plate-shaped portion having a main surface in direct thermal contact with the third region.

Abstract: A system for medicine management includes: a terminal including an input unit for receiving the input of the types and quantities of medicines, a communication unit for transmitting the inputted information on the types and quantities of medicines to an electronic balance smart safe, a display unit for displaying the information on the types and quantities of medicines, and a control unit for controlling the overall operation; an electronic balance smart safe comprising a plurality of sensor units for sensing the weight of a medicine case, a communication unit for receiving the information on the types and quantities of medicines and transmitting to a server, a display unit for displaying the information on the types and quantities of the medicine cases, a control unit for controlling the opening and closing of the door; and a server for managing the electronic balance smart safe.

Abstract: A film structural member includes a recessed portion on a transparent substrate, metal wiring on a base of the recessed portion, and a particle layer on the metal wiring. The particle layer is configured as an aggregate of particles having an average particle diameter of 300 nm or smaller.

Abstract: A thermal insulation structure is disposed at an exterior of a chamber of a heating device. The thermal insulation structure includes a heat conduction layer, a heat storage layer and a reflection layer. The heat conduction layer is adapted to conduct heat from the chamber to the heat storage layer. The heat storage layer is adapted to store heat. The reflection layer is adapted to reflect radiation heat back to the chamber, whereby a temperature of the chamber could be kept at a constant so as to reduce heat dissipation of the chamber.

Abstract: A keyboard instrument including a hammer unit which includes a plurality of hammer members each of which has an effort point provided on one end side, a load point provided on an other end side, and a fulcrum provided between the effort point and the load point, and a hammer holder which rotatably holds the plurality of hammer members, and a keyboard chassis which includes a restriction member for restricting rotations of the plurality of hammer members performed in response to key depression operations within a restriction range and in which the hammer unit is mounted, in which the hammer holder has a plurality of contact points on the effort point side which comes in contact with portions of the plurality of hammer members on the effort point side when the hammer unit is in a vertically inverted state.

Abstract: There is provided a silver-coated copper powder which can improve the conversion efficiency of a solar cell in comparison with conventional silver-coated copper powders when it is used in an electrically conductive paste used for forming the busbar electrodes of the solar cell, the silver-coated copper powder being capable of producing a solar cell having a high conversion efficiency which is the same degree as that of a solar cell using silver powder, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for image splicing. The systems and methods may acquire a first image and a second image, determine a plurality of first feature points in a first region of the first image, determine a plurality of second feature points in a second region of the second image, then match the plurality of first feature points with the plurality of second feature points to generate a plurality of point pairs. Based on the plurality of point pairs, a third region on the first image and a fourth region on the second image may be determined. Finally, a third image may be generated based on the first image and the second image, wherein the third region of the first image may overlap with the fourth region of the second image in the third image.

Abstract: A mold for improving solidification speed of an aluminum alloy cast hot section includes a top mold, a side mold and a lower mold, the top mold being arranged at top and configured to complete a back cavity of a wheel, the bottom mold being arranged below the top mold and configured to complete shaping of a front wheel disc of the wheel, the side mold being arranged on side of the top mold and bottom mold, the top mold, side mold and bottom mold jointly surrounding a cast cavity of the aluminum alloy wheel, the center of the top mold includes a step hole through which a shunt cone is mounted, the shunt cone is connected with the top mold by bolts; the upper part of the shunt cone is assembled with the center hole of the top mold of the mold, the two are in zero clearance fit.

Abstract: Typical liquid-cooled compressors use the effective means of reducing no-load power by repeatedly starting and stopping an electric motor according to the amount of required air, but sufficient consideration has not been given to the fact that frequent starting and stopping of large-output electric motors leads to a decline in motor reliability. In order to solve this problem, a liquid-cooled compressor for circulating a liquid inside a compressor body using a pressure difference, and equipped with a cooling channel for circulating said liquid for cooling, configured so as to have an intake valve for adjusting the air intake of the compressor body, to change the amount of air taken in through the intake valve, and as a result, to perform a low-pressure operation during no-load operation at two levels of reduced operating pressure consisting of a value no less than a minimum circulation oil supply pressure and a low value.

Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of adjusting profiles of a gate electrode and a gate spacer by implanting or doping an element semiconductor material into an interlayer insulating layer may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a gate spacer on a substrate, the gate spacer defining a trench, a gate electrode filling the trench, and an interlayer insulating layer on the substrate, which surrounds the gate spacer, and at least a portion of which includes germanium.

Abstract: A shooting control method, a shooting control apparatus and a user equipment are provided. A method comprises acquiring eye movement information related to that at least one eye of a user gazes an image capturing equipment, and adjusting shooting of shooting parameters of the image capturing equipment at least according to a non-saccade eye movement part in the eye movement information. Shooting parameters of an image capturing equipment can be adjusted according to a non-saccade eye movement part of the image capturing equipment gazed by a user, to perform shooting shake compensating on relative movement between the head of the user and the image capturing equipment corresponding to the non-saccade eye movement part.