Abstract: A purge system useful in welding applications to provide a shielding or purging gas to a weld site, preferably of a tube, pipe or construction, while also providing controlled release of an exhaust gas and pressure relief through the use of a permeable body. The purge system is also flame resistant allowing use in close proximity to the weld site. The design facilitates ease of insertion, holding and retraction in a tube, pipe or other construction.

Abstract: A rare earth halide scintillation material the chemical formula of the material being CeBr3+x, wherein 0.0001x0.1. The rare earth halide scintillation material has excellent scintillation properties including high light output, high energy resolution, and fast decay.

Abstract: A cell assembly, having a cell frame, into which bus bars and a thermal plate are integrated, and a lithium-ion pouch cell having a first face and a second face opposite the first face are provided. The pouch cell further includes positive and negative cell terminals arranged at a top end of the pouch cell, and a compression element. The cell frame is configured to receive and house the pouch cell and the compression element in a space defined by the thermal plate and the cell frame.

Abstract: An encapsulated cleanroom system comprising a processing chamber and a storage section in which the processing chamber is stored, wherein, during operation, the pressure in the storage section is lower or higher than the pressures in the processing chamber and exterior space. The system can simultaneously prevent the entry of outside gases into its processing chamber and the leakage of the gases inside the processing chamber to the exterior space.

Abstract: A wireless earphone comprises a battery, a speaker and a chamber/space. The battery has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a third surface extended between the first surface and the second surface. The battery is disconnected from any protecting circuits. The speaker is disposed adjacent to the first surface of the battery. The chamber/space is defined by the battery and the speaker. The chamber/space is devoid of any electronic component.

Abstract: A first IP address is set to the host, and a second IP address is set to the storage card. A storage card includes a storage device and a processor for executing firmware. The host converts a first Ethernet packet including an ISP-related request and destined for the second IP address into an NVMe request according to an NVMe protocol, and transfers the NVMe request to the storage card. The firmware parses the NVMe request to perform the ISP-related request.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) R1 — Wm—Xn— AA1— A A2— A A3— AA4— A A5— AA6—Yp—Zq—R2, a stereoisomer and/or cosmetically acceptable salt thereof wherein: AA1 is Arg, Lys or no amino acid; AA2 is Arg or Lys; AA3 is Gln, Glu, Asn or Asp; AA4 is Met or Leu; AA5 is Glu, Asp or Gin; AA6 is Glu, Asp, Gin or no amino acid; and AA1 is different from AA6. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of the symptoms of skin aging and, in particular, for the treatment and/or prevention of skin wrinkles, the treatment and/or prevention of a sagging appearance of the skin, and/or the reduction and/or prevention of facial asymmetry.

Abstract: An optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM) system for visualizing water content deep in biological tissue uses an all-fiber 1930-nm hybrid optical parametrically-oscillating emitter. The emitter includes a tunable laser source whose output is amplified by a first erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). The output of the first amplifier is modulated with a Mach-Zehnder amplitude modulator that receives an RF signal with a nanosecond pulse width and a multiple kilohertz repetition rate. A second EDFA further amplifies the signal and passes it to a fiber circulator that in turn delivers it to a 1950/1550 mm fiber wavelength-division-multiplexing coupler WDM. The coupler introduces the signal to a cavity that includes a spool of highly nonlinear fiber and a Thulium-doped fiber amplifier TDFA. From the TDFA the signal reaches a 50/50 fiber coupler that sends part to a second output TDFA and guides part back to the cavity through a port of the WDM.

Abstract: A pellicle film for photolithography including a carbon nanotube film, in which the carbon nanotube film contains carbon nanotubes; the carbon nanotube film transmits 80% or more of EUV light at a wavelength of 13.5 nm; the carbon nanotube film has a thickness from 1 nm to 50 nm; the carbon nanotube film is deposited on a silicon substrate, in which the 3? of the reflectance is 15% or less when the reflectance of the deposited carbon nanotube film is measured using a reflectance spectrophotometer-based film thickness meter under the following conditions: the diameter of measurement spots, 20 ?m; the reference measurement wavelength, 285 nm; the number of measurement spots, 121 spots; the distance between the centers of adjacent measurement spots, 40 ?m.

Abstract: A woody material, where a ratio (HB/HA) between a height (HA) of an absorption peak derived by C?H stretching vibration detected at a wavenumber from 2850 cm-1 to 2950 cm-1 and a height (HB) of an absorption peak derived by skeletal vibration of an aromatic ring detected at a wavenumber from 1480 cm-1 to 1540 cm-1 is 1.10 or less in an ATR spectrum of an inside or a surface of the woody material by an infrared spectroscopic analysis method.

Abstract: A method of operating an atomic force microscope (AFM) is provided. The method includes inspecting a sample by using the AFM and inspecting a tip of a probe of the AFM by using a characterization sample. The characterization sample includes a first characterization pattern that includes a line and space pattern of a first height, a second characterization pattern that includes a line and space pattern of a second height that is lower than the first height, and a third characterization pattern that includes a line and space pattern of a third height that is lower than the second height, and includes a rough surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure is broadly concerned with the field of cancer immunotherapy. For example, the present invention generally relates to an immune cell comprising a genetically engineered antigen receptor that specifically binds to a target antigen and a genetic disruption agent that reduces or is capable of reducing the expression in the immune cell of a gene that weakens the function of the immune cell.

Abstract: Provided are an AI system for simulating functions such as recognition, determination, and so forth of human brains by using a mechanical learning algorithm like deep learning, or the like, and an application thereof. In particular, according to the AI system and the application thereof, a neural network training method includes obtaining a plurality of first images belonging to a particular category and a plurality of second images for which a category is not specified, training a neural network model for category recognition, based on the plurality of first images belonging to the particular category, recognizing at least one second image corresponding to the particular category among the plurality of second images, by using the trained neural network model, and modifying and refining the trained neural network model based on the recognized at least one second image.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an electronic component disposed on the first surface of the substrate; a sensor disposed adjacent to the second surface of the substrate; an electrical contact disposed on the first surface of the substrate; and a package body exposing a portion of the electrical contact.

Abstract: A thermally controllable cupholder that is advantageously designed for marine and other outdoor implementations. The thermally controllable cupholder includes a beverage receptacle and a thermal control device configured to change a temperature of the beverage receptacle. In one embodiment, the cupholder includes a drain passageway and a drain hole that connects the beverage receptacle to the drain passageway. In one embodiment, the cupholder includes a perforated heat sink to promote the thermal conductivity of the thermal control device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a stacked structure and an encapsulation layer. The substrate includes a circuit layer, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The substrate defines at least one cavity through the substrate. The stacked structure includes a first semiconductor die disposed on the first surface and electrically connected on the circuit layer, and at least one second semiconductor die stacked on the first semiconductor die and electrically connected to the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die is at least partially inserted into the cavity. The encapsulation layer is disposed in the cavity and at least entirely encapsulating the second semiconductor die.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating burst waveforms. An implantable neurostimulation system includes an implantable stimulation lead including a plurality of contacts, and an implantable pulse generator communicatively coupled to the stimulation lead. The pulse generator is configured to generate a waveform including a burst that includes a leading anodic pulse followed by alternating cathodic pulses and anodic pulses, each cathodic pulse in the burst having a greater amplitude than the previous cathodic pulse.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first package body disposed on the first surface, and a conductive layer covering the first package body and the substrate. The conductive layer includes a first portion on the top surface of the first package body and a second portion on the lateral surface of the first package body and a sidewall of the substrate. The second portion of the conductive layer has a tapered shape. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device package is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a red phosphor, a preparation method thereof and a light-emitting device prepared therefrom. A particle of the red phosphor consists of a phosphor inner core having a chemical formula of Ax1Gez1F6:y1Mn4+ and an outer shell having a chemical formula of Bx2Mz2F6:y2Mn4+, wherein 1.596?x1?2.2, 1.6?x2?2.2, 0.001?y1?0.2, 0?y2?0.2, 0.9?z1?1.1, and 0.9?z2?1.1; A and B are independently selected from alkali metal elements; and M is Si, or Si and Ge. The red phosphor provided by the present invention has high luminous efficiency and stability. Moreover, the phosphor alone or in combination with other luminescent materials can be used for preparing a light-emitting device with high performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-path converter, which adds a current transfer path using a capacitor to a current transfer path using an inductor to supply a current that is output to an output end (load) to a plurality of parallel paths, thereby reducing a total RMS current flowing through the inductor, and a control method therefor.