Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus, methods, and applications for treating wastewater, and more particularly to biological processes for removing pollutants from wastewater. This invention further relates to apparatus and methods for growing microbes on-site at a wastewater treatment facility, and for economically inoculating sufficient microbes to solve various treatment problems rapidly.

Abstract: An adsorption characteristic measuring apparatus is configured to: acquire a unit-time leak pressure value from a pressure increase value of an internal pressure value of a sample tube caused by an non-adsorption gas leaking from the outside of a fitting portion into an inner space of the sample tube; acquire a pressure value at which a temporal change of the internal pressure value of the sample tube assumes an equilibrium state when an adsorption gas present in the reference volume portion is supplied into the sample tube and the sample tube is in a closed state; calculate a pressure value after correction of a real leak pressure value is performed on a measured equilibrium pressure value, as a true equilibrium pressure value, the real leak pressure value being obtained in such a manner that the unit-time leak pressure value is multiplied by a leak time; and calculate an adsorption isotherm.

Abstract: A power supply system used in a hearing assistance device including a housing including a battery storage region, a first removable battery holder including a first latch having a first latch configuration and configured to fit within the battery storage region and to hold at least one battery, and a second removable battery holder including a second latch having a second latch configuration that is different that the first latch configuration and configured to fit within the battery storage region and to hold at least one battery.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes (A) a first rubber-modified acrylic-based graft copolymer having an average rubber particle diameter of greater than or equal to about 100 nm and less than about 200 nm, (B) a second rubber-modified acrylic-based graft copolymer having an average rubber particle diameter of greater than or equal to about 200 nm and less than or equal to about 400 nm, (C) a first vinyl-based copolymer of an aromatic vinyl monomer and a unsaturated nitrile monomer, and (D) a second vinyl-based copolymer of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer, an aromatic vinyl monomer, and a unsaturated nitrile monomer. A molded article can be made using the same.

Abstract: The polycarbonate resin composition of the present invention comprises: a polycarbonate ingredient including a copolymerized polycarbonate resin and an aromatic polycarbonate resin, the copolymerized polycarbonate resin having a repeating unit represented by chemical formula 1 of claim 1, a repeating unit represented by chemical formula 2 of claim 1, and a repeating unit represented by chemical formula 3 of claim 1; and an acrylic-based impact reinforcing agent. The polycarbonate resin composition has excellent scratch resistance, impact resistance, and heat resistance.

Abstract: Described are various embodiments of a dual optical modulator, system and method. In one embodiment, an optical modulator modulates an input optical signal having a designated optical frequency. The modulator comprises first and second tunable modulators operable around the optical frequency and operatively disposed between a bus waveguide path and an opposed waveguide path. The modulator further comprises a relative optical phase-shifter optically coupled between the tunable modulators so to impart a relative optical phase shift between the bus waveguide path and the opposed waveguide path. The tunable modulators are respectively driveable to modulate a respective resonance thereof in complimentary directions relative to the optical frequency and thereby resonantly redirect a selectable portion of the input optical signal along the opposed waveguide path such that the relative optical phase shift is imparted thereto for output.

Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an epitaxial structure. The epitaxial structure is arranged on the first electrode, and electrically connects with the first electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode surrounds periphery of the epitaxial structure to reflect light from the epitaxial structure to emit out from the top of the epitaxial structure. This disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing the light emitting diode. The light emitting diode and the method help solve the problem of low light efficiency of the light emitting diode.

Abstract: A power management controller tracks the idle state of a compute unit and compares the tracked idle state with a first threshold. If the tracked idle state is above the first threshold a power state of the compute unit is limited to a low power state so that the power state does not rise due to activity that occurs in low utilization scenarios. The tracked idle state is compared to a second threshold and if the tracked idle state is below the second threshold, indicating that the compute unit is not in a low utilization scenario, a limit on the power state is removed and the power state of the compute unit is allowed to rise.

Abstract: A system has a plurality of functional modules including a first functional module and one or more other functional modules. The first functional module includes an embedded memory element and is configurable in a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode. When the first functional module is in the first mode, access to the embedded memory element is limited to the first functional module. At least one of the one or more other functional modules is provided with access to the embedded memory element based at least in part on the first functional module being in the second mode.

Abstract: A method of message-based communication is provided which includes executing, on one or more accelerated processing units, a plurality of groups of work items, receiving a first message from a first group of work items of the plurality of groups of work items executing on the one or more accelerated processing units and storing the first message at a first segment of memory allocated to a second group of work items of the plurality of groups of work items executing on the accelerated processing unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first die including a first pad and a first passivation layer, a second die including a second pad and a second passivation layer, and an encapsulant surrounding the first die and the second die. Surfaces of the first die are not coplanar with corresponding surfaces of the second die. A dielectric layer covers at least portions of the first passivation layer and the second passivation layer, and further covers the encapsulant between the first die and the second die. The encapsulant has a first surface. The dielectric layer has a second surface adjacent to the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer and the encapsulant, and further has a third surface opposite the second surface. The semiconductor device further includes a redistribution layer electrically connected to the first pad and the second pad and disposed above the third surface of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting a content using a cache memory, and a method for transmitting, by a relay node, a content using a cache memory according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: storing a first content, received from a serving cell, in the cache memory; storing a second content, received from an adjacent cell or the serving cell, in the cache memory; selecting a content to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) from among the first content requested by the UE and the second content which acts as interference to the first content; and transmitting the second content to the UE.

Abstract: A semiconductor die includes a semiconductor body, an insulating layer, a conductive circuit layer and at least one conductive bump. The semiconductor body has a first surface, a second surface and a side surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The insulating layer is disposed on the first surface and the side surface of the semiconductor body. The insulating layer includes a first insulating layer over the semiconductor body and a second insulating layer over the first insulating later. The insulating layer includes a step structure. The conductive circuit layer is electrically connected to the first surface of the semiconductor body, the conductive circuit layer includes at least one pad, and the conductive bump is electrically connected to the pad.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop and provide a lung cancer differential marker with which lung cancer can be diagnosed conveniently and highly sensitively without depending only on increase or decrease in protein expression level between cancer patients and healthy persons. Another object of the present invention is to develop and provide a glycan marker capable of distinguishing histological types of lung cancer. Of serum glycoproteins, glycopeptide and glycoprotein groups whose glycan structures were altered specifically in lung cancer cell culture supernatants were identified, and they are provided as lung cancer differential markers.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel sulfur-based positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery which is excellent in cyclability and can largely improve a charging and discharging capacity, a positive electrode comprising the positive electrode active material and a lithium-ion secondary battery made using the positive electrode. The sulfur-based positive electrode active material is obtainable by subjecting a starting material comprising a polymer, sulfur and an organometallic compound dispersed in a form of fine particles to heat-treatment under a non-oxidizing atmosphere, wherein the particles of metallic sulfide resulting from sulfurization of the organometallic compound are dispersed in the heat-treated material, and particle size of the metallic sulfide particles is not less than 10 nm and less than 100 nm.

Abstract: A smart storage platform apparatus and method for efficient storage and real-time analysis of big data, which includes a transformable big data storage module 100, a parallel processing big data analysis module 200, and a big data management API module 300.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for smart portfolio optimization modeling for optimum demand response resource configuration in order to solve problems that it is difficult to collect customer objects corresponding to demand response resources and to obtain power reduction reliability and power reduction quantity of customer objects and real-time metering information about loads whose power can be reduced since conventional customer objects have a low demand response resource recognition rate and problems that power is supplied to only customer objects collected in a power exchange in power feeding according to power supply and demand situations since an apparatus for optimization modeling for a portfolio composed of optimized demand response resources is not present and thus many customer objects on which a power feed instruction is not executed are generated, decreasing a power reduction implementation rate.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided, including a plastic core having a frame and at least one partition plate integrally formed with the frame for defining a plurality of recesses, a first connector received in one of the recesses, and a second connector received in another one of the recesses. As such, the instant disclosure only needs to solder the electrical connector to a circuit board of an electronic product so as for the electronic product to obtain a plurality of connector ports, thus greatly reducing the fabrication time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of brazing articles together to form at least one braze defined by complementarily curved faying surfaces on the articles, the faying surfaces each having at least one region of curvature comprising at least one point from which the surface curves in more than one direction, the method comprising the steps of: a) disposing between the complementarily curved faying surfaces at least one amorphous brazing alloy preform of complementary curvature at least in part to said at least one region of the complementarily curved faying surfaces to conform to the complementarily curved faying surfaces in said region; and b) heating the articles and at least one amorphous brazing alloy preform to a brazing temperature at which the amorphous brazing alloy flows and brazes. and brazing alloy preforms for use in such methods.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a motor bobbin around which a coil is wound, an insulating sheet and a core material are disposed within the cavity of an injection mold, and the motor bobbin is formed by the injection mold into which a resin is injected. The motor bobbin consists of the insulating sheet and a resin molded body.