Abstract: A method includes the following steps. A photoresist is exposed to a first light-exposure through a first mask, wherein the first mask includes a first stitching region, and a portion of the photoresist corresponding to a portion of the first stitching region is unexposed during the first light-exposure. The photoresist is exposed to a second light-exposure through a second mask, wherein the second mask includes a second stitching region and a functional feature in the second stitching region, and the portion of the photoresist is exposed by the functional feature during the second light-exposure.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure is formed over a substrate. The fin structure is sculpted to have a plurality of non-etched portions and a plurality of etched portions having a narrower width than the plurality of non-etched portions. The sculpted fin structure is oxidized so that a plurality of nanowires are formed in the plurality of non-etched portions, respectively, and the plurality of etched portions are oxidized to form oxides. The plurality of nanowires are released by removing the oxides.

Abstract: A fishing pole organizer for storing and organizing one or more fishing poles on a boat deck includes a plurality of elongated channel members arranged in side-by-side and spaced-apart relationship with one another defining a plurality of upwardly directed channels, wherein each upwardly directed channel is formed between adjacent channel members and is configured to receive a fishing pole therein. The elongated channel members may include a planar top surface facilitating standing or walking on the fishing pole organizer. The upwardly directed channels may be tapered to snugly receive a fishing pole and optimize the space occupied by the fishing pole organizer on a boat deck or other location.

Abstract: A drive assembly for a necker machine includes a plurality of motors, each motor including an output shaft, a plurality of drive wheel assemblies, each drive wheel assembly operatively coupled to an associated necker machine drive shaft, and a number of timing/drive belts operatively coupled to each drive wheel assembly.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for remotely controlling autonomous parking is provided. The autonomous parking managing terminal receives a vehicle control command from a user and transmits the vehicle control command to an autonomous parking managing server. The autonomous parking managing server receives the vehicle control command from the autonomous parking managing terminal and transmits the received vehicle control command to a vehicle. The vehicle performs parking via autonomous driving based on the vehicle control command.

Abstract: A load control device for controlling power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load may have a closed-loop gate drive circuit for controlling a semiconductor switch of a controllably conductive device. The controllably conductive device may be coupled in series between the source and the load. The gate drive circuit may generate a target signal in response to a control circuit. The gate drive circuit may shape the target signal over a period of time and may increase the target signal to a predetermined level after the period of time. The gate drive circuit may receive a feedback signal that indicates a magnitude of a load current conducted through the semiconductor switch. The gate drive circuit may generate a gate control signal in response to the target signal and the feedback signal, and render the semiconductor switch conductive and non-conductive in response to the gate control signal.

Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a host-guest lost circulation material (LCM) composition for sealing lost circulation zones in wellbores includes an aqueous solution; one or more linear polymer chains, the linear polymer chains comprising polyethylene glycols (PEG) with molecular weights greater than 2500 g/mol, polypropylene glycols (PPG), polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS), or combinations thereof; and one or more cyclic molecules comprising alpha cyclodextrin, beta cyclodextrin, gamma cyclodextrin, or combinations thereof, and wherein the one or more cyclic molecules form a host-guest structure around the one or more linear polymer chains utilizing van der Waals forces.

Abstract: A bio-field effect transistor (bioFET) system includes a bioFET configured to receive to a first voltage signal and output a current signal, where the current signal varies exponentially with respect to the first voltage signal. A logarithmic current-to-time converter is connected to the bioFET and is configured to receive the current signal and convert the current signal to a time domain signal. The time domain signal varies logarithmically with respect to the current signal, such that the time domain signal varies linearly with respect to the first voltage signal.

Abstract: A remote starting system and method are provided for self-propelled work vehicles having work attachments supported from a main frame thereof. Cameras are arranged with respective fields of vision proximate to the work vehicle, and a communications unit is configured to exchange messages with a user device via a communications network. A local or remote controller is configured to receive first user input comprising a remote startup request for the work vehicle from the user device, and to automatically detect parameters respectively associated with predetermined remote startup conditions, at least one of the parameters comprising images obtained from the cameras. The images are transmitted to the user device, responsive to which second user input is received comprising remote startup confirmation from the user device via the communications network. Responsive to at least the second user input, engine startup is automatically controlled for the work vehicle.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for displaying blockchain data, a blockchain browser, a user node, and a medium. The method can include transmitting a blockchain data query request, and receiving blockchain data obtained through query in response to the blockchain data query request. Further, the method can include obtaining filtered blockchain data, the filtered blockchain data being generated after illegal content in the blockchain data is filtered out based on a filtering rule, and displaying the filtered blockchain data. In embodiments of this disclosure, the display of the illegal content in the blockchain data can be automatically skipped.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling a wing. Methods include suspending an upper wing panel of an aircraft beneath a shuttle, translating a rib to a position it, and placing the rib into contact with, then affixing the rib to, the upper wing panel, while suspended. Some methods include installing ribs and spars to the upper wing panel, and joining a lower wing panel to the ribs and spars, while the upper wing panel is suspended. Some methods involve joining ribs to spars (e.g., all, or some) to produce a support structure that is then affixed to the upper wing panel. Systems include a shuttle that suspends an upper wing panel, and a cart that includes supports to hold a rib, a chassis to translate the rib to a position beneath the upper wing panel, and a lifting apparatus to lift the rib into contact with the upper wing panel.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a belt having a tubular shape and extending in a longitudinal direction, and having a longitudinal end, a drive roller to rotate the belt to convey a print medium between the drive roller and the belt, a bushing located at the longitudinal end of the belt, and a guide wall adjacent to the bushing. The belt is displaceable in the longitudinal direction relative to the bushing. The bushing includes a shoulder adjacent to the longitudinal end of the belt and a stem extending from the shoulder to an inside of the belt to support the belt. The guide guides the bushing to move in a direction opposite to a conveyance direction of the print medium when the belt moves toward the bushing. The stem of the bushing includes a convex portion that is in contact with an inner surface of the belt when the belt is displaced in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention can automatically track the creation of documents, such as source code files and unit tests, along with the development of those documents. A variety of metrics can be generated regarding errors and issues identified during the development process along with predictive metrics regarding potential issues within the documents. These metrics can be used to identify common issues, automatically generate proactive suggestions to avoid issues during document creation and testing, and/or generate developer profiles indicating the performance of particular developers. A variety of machine learning classifiers can be used to generate the metrics.

Abstract: A service processing method, apparatus, and storage medium of a blockchain system are provided. The service processing method includes obtaining authentication information of a service participant; determining whether data in the authentication information of the service participant is updated; generating, based on the data in the authentication information of the service participant being updated, a notification message according to the updated data; and transmitting the notification message to a service processing node subnetwork, the notification message instructing one or more service processing nodes in the service processing node subnetwork to process a service request according to updated authentication information of the service participant.

Abstract: Methods for measuring pH of gel, paste, colloid, and aqueous solutions, such as a consumer product, a food product, a pet food product, a beverage product, a pharmaceutical product, and/or a medical product, are provided. The method may include preparing a calibration curve of a chemical species including or having an acid dissociation constant. Preparing the calibration curve may include plotting a chemical shift of the chemical species relative to pH. The method may also include determining a chemical shift of a gel, paste, and colloid, aqueous solutions, such as a consumer product, a food product, a pet food product, a beverage product, a pharmaceutical product, and/or a medical product, including the chemical species.

Abstract: Some implementations of the present disclosure provide a method that include: accessing a plurality of measurement logs taken from more than one well locations of a reservoir, wherein the plurality of measurement logs encode, for each well location, a plurality of parameters; based on applying a petrophysical model to the plurality of measurement logs, determining the plurality of parameters; based on a portion of the plurality of parameters, calculating a compressional formation slowness and a shear formation slowness; and predicting a fluid type at the more than one well locations of the reservoir based on combining the compressional formation slowness and the shear formation slowness with at least one of the plurality of parameters.

Abstract: A corner module of a vehicle includes: a suspension configured to be coupled to a vehicle body; a case configured to be coupled to the suspension and configured to be to be supported on the vehicle body via the suspension; an in-wheel motor disposed inside the case; a steering motor disposed inside the case; a first power transmission mechanism configured to connect the in-wheel motor and a vehicle wheel and configured to transmit a rotating force of the in-wheel motor to the vehicle wheel to drive the vehicle wheel; and a second power transmission mechanism configured to connect the steering motor and the vehicle wheel and configured to transmit a rotating force of the steering motor to the vehicle wheel to steer the vehicle wheel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to strata 2-ply drawstring trash bags implementing a J-flap extended hem to provide increased top-of-bag strength. In one or more embodiments, the J-flap extended hem includes a 2-ply web folded back on itself (e.g., during a hem folding operation to enclose the drawstring within a hem channel). In one or more implementations, a hem seal secures the 2-ply web to an inside surface of the trash bag. At least one ply of the 2-ply web fold-over extends past the hem seal and is additionally secured to the inside surface of the trash bag via one or more hem skirt seals. For reduced material consumption in certain embodiments, the J-flap extended hem of the present disclosure imparts added strength using only one ply of the 2-ply web fold-over. In some embodiments, at least one ply of the 2-ply web fold-over includes ring-rolled portions to add top-of-bag strength.

Abstract: A ceiling fan blade moves air about a space, driven by the ceiling fan. The ceiling fan blade can include an upper surface and a lower surface spanning a root and a tip, and a leading edge and a trailing edge. The blade can include a first curved portion along the leading edge and a second curved portion along the trailing edge. The first and second curved portions can include convex upper surfaces and concave lower surfaces, with a flat portion spacing the first and second curved portions.

Abstract: A bearing support assembly to support one or more bearings on a shaft. The bearing support assembly includes a bearing support frame configured to be coupled to a static frame, a plurality of ribs connected to the bearing support frame, and a bearing support connected to the plurality of ribs and configured to support a bearing of the one or more bearings. The bearing support assembly has a non-axisymmetric stiffness around a circumference of the bearing support assembly.