Abstract: An acoustic-wave ladder filter has a first port, a second port and a ground terminal, and includes a series resonator and a shunt circuit. The series resonator is coupled to and disposed between the first and the second ports in series. The shunt circuit is coupled to and disposed between the series resonator and the grounding terminal, and includes a shunt resonator and a functional circuit. The functional circuit is connected in series with the shunt resonator. The functional circuit includes a resistor having a resistance value. The resistance value is greater than 5 Ohms and is smaller than 50 ohms. The functional circuit may further have an inductance.

Abstract: A razor head includes a frame, elongated blades arranged on an inner side of the frame, and two bridge walls each extending between two points of the frame in an interior of the frame, the bridge walls each including projections arranged in an arrangement direction of the blades. Each of the blades is held between adjacent ones of the projections of the bridge walls. Each of the projections includes a first flat surface and a second flat surface. In each of the bridge walls, the first flat surface and the second flat surface are shifted from each other in a longitudinal direction of the blades so as not to overlap each other, and the first flat surfaces and the second flat surfaces are located on the same position as viewed in the arrangement direction. Each of the projections has a horizontal cross-sectional shape of a parallelogram.

Abstract: Provided is a polyester film roll which has less wrinkles and film surface defects, exhibits no deviation of winding, and is suitable for secondary processing such as coating and vapor deposition. The polyester film roll is obtained by winding a biaxially oriented polyester film around a core, and is characterized by satisfying requirements (1)-(3) below: (1) the average winding hardness of the surface of the polyester film roll is in the range of 500-700; (2) the variation rate of the winding hardness of the surface of the polyester film roll in the film width direction is 1-5%; and (3) the variation rate of the average winding hardness from the surface of the polyester film roll to the core is 3-10%.

Abstract: A polycyclic compound of an embodiment is represented by Formula 1, which is defined in the disclosure. A light emitting device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer includes the polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, and the light emitting device may show improved device characteristics.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection device includes a left airbag and a right airbag that are disposed in a vicinity of a rear end of a hood panel in a vehicle, and are arranged in parallel on vehicle width direction sides. The left airbag and the right airbag each include a cowl cover portion that is disposed following the vehicle width direction and covers an upper face side of a cowl. The cowl cover portions have end portion regions disposed coinciding with each other on up-down direction sides on end sides that are in proximity to each other. At least one of the end portion regions is configured in such a way that an internal pressure when inflation is completed is raised higher than that of a general region.

Abstract: A structure to apply flexing to an object to test resilience to being bent has a first portion and a second portion. The structure includes a base, a rotating member, a pressing plate, and an adjusting assembly. The base defines first and second receiving grooves, and the second receiving groove receives the first portion. The rotating member on the base is partially received in the first receiving groove. An abutting surface of the rotating member is recessed to form a third receiving groove which receives the second portion. The pressing plate on the base presses against the first portion. The adjusting assembly controls the rotating member to rotate towards the base about a desired angle, thereby causing the second portion to be bent with respect to the first portion.

Abstract: This positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is provided with a collector and a mixture layer that is formed on the collector. The mixture layer comprises: a lithium transition metal oxide that contains more than 50% by mole of Ni relative to the total number of moles of metal elements other than Li; a carbon material; a polymer compound that is soluble in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, while having a ring structure in each repeating unit; and a polyoxyethylene amine compound.

Abstract: A display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes, in a pixel, a first transistor, a second transistor, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a layer containing a liquid crystal material, and a common electrode. The first insulating layer is positioned over a channel formation region of the first transistor. The conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is positioned over the first transistor, the second transistor, the first insulating layer, and the conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned over the second insulating layer, the layer containing a liquid crystal material is positioned over the pixel electrode, and the common electrode is positioned over the layer containing a liquid crystal material. The common electrode overlaps with the conductive layer with the layer containing a liquid crystal material and the pixel electrode therebetween.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display panel, and belongs to the field of display technology. The present display substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; the display substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of insulating layers sequentially arranged along a direction away from the base substrate; wherein each of the plurality of insulating layers is located in the display region and the peripheral region; one or more protrusion structures arranged between at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of insulating layers and in the peripheral region.

Abstract: The following relates generally to voice assisted healthcare. In some embodiments, a digital assistant receives audio data, and determines an intent from the audio data. The digital assistant may then match the determined intent to a flow of a set of flows, where the set of flows may include at least one of: (i) submitting a prescription, (ii) refilling a prescription, (iii) changing a pickup location, (iv) requesting a status update for a prescription, or (v) initiating a pharmacy chat session. The matched flow of the set of flows may then be executed.

Abstract: Problem A first chassis and a second chassis are pivotably coupled with a simple structure in a foldable display device. Solution means A mobile terminal (1) includes a first chassis (3) and a second chassis (5). A pivot coupling portion (9) couples the first chassis (3) and the second chassis (5) to allow an open state and a closed state. The first chassis (3) and the second chassis (5) are open to enter a planar state in the open state. The first chassis (3) and the second chassis (5) are closed to enter a state of being bent inward in the closed state. A flexible display (7) is arranged to cover main surfaces of the first chassis (3) and the second chassis (5). A support member (11) is arranged between the first chassis (3) and the second chassis (5). The support member (11) has a flat support surface (13a) that supports the flexible display (7) when the flexible display (7) is in the open state. The display (7) includes adhesive portions (7a, 7b) and a non-adhesive portion (7c).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). An operation method of a control device in a network function virtualization (NFV) environment according to various embodiments of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: determining a virtual compute node corresponding to a server device; identifying physical layer information related to the server device and virtual layer information related to the virtual compute node; and displaying the physical layer information and the virtual layer information. Therefore, various embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user to easily identify a virtual layer element and/or a physical layer element which causes malfunction, and enable the malfunction to be quickly resolved.

Abstract: Provided are an article having inorganic fibers and needle marks extending in the thickness direction and including vertical bundles composed of the inorganic fibers extending in the thickness direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flying capacitor three-level converter, including a plurality of circuit units, wherein each of the plurality of circuit units includes: an input capacitor; a bridge arm, electrically connected with the input capacitor in parallel, wherein the bridge arm includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and a fourth switch electrically and sequentially connected in series; and a flying capacitor unit, wherein the flying capacitor unit includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor, and the first capacitor and the second capacitor are electrically connected in parallel and electrically connected with a series branch in parallel, and the series branch includes the second switch and the third switch; wherein the input capacitor, the first switch, the first capacitor and the fourth switch form a first switching loop, and the second capacitor, the second switch and the third switch form a second switching loop.

Abstract: The invention relates to an active substance-coated rod-shaped sample transfer tool, the preparation thereof, and the use thereof for transferring nucleic acid-containing sample material into reaction mixtures of enzymatic detection reactions.

Abstract: An apparatus for a precise analysis of a severity of arthritis includes an image collection unit configured to collect a medical image having captured a joint of a user, a region detection unit configured to detect one or more regions of interest for analyzing arthritis in the medical image through a learned automatic region detection model, an individual analysis unit configured to extract quantitative feature values from the detected regions of interest and derives one or more individual analysis data from among a severity of arthritis, a severity of osteoproliferation, and a severity of hardness of a subchondral bone based on the feature values, and an integrated analysis unit configured to finely classify a severity of degenerative arthritis through an integrated analysis model learned based on the individual analysis data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recovering valuable metals from waste lithium ion batteries. The method comprises: short-circuit discharging, dismantling, crushing, roasting, and screening on waste lithium ion batteries to obtain active electrode powders; using alkaline solution to wash the active electrode powders, then filtering to remove copper and aluminum; drying the activated electrode powder after alkaline washing treatment, mix the dried activated electrode powder with starch and concentrated sulfuric acid and stir evenly to obtain the mixed material; calcining the mixed material with controlling the atmosphere; taking out the product obtained from calcination and using deionized water to extract the leachate and leaching residue with valence metal ions, and then obtaining the leachate after filtering.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a main body and a quick release needle plate module. The main body includes a base seat having an inner frame, and an outer case that is mounted to the inner frame and that defines an accommodating compartment. The quick release needle plate module includes a catch member, and a needle plate that covers the accommodating compartment, that is detachably pivoted to a rear section of the inner frame, and that engages the catch member. The quick release needle plate module further includes a press member inserted through the outer case and the inner frame, and operable to push the catch member to disengage the catch member. The needle plate has a plate body that covers the accommodating compartment, and a resilient member mounted between the inner frame and the plate body for driving pivot action of the plate body away from the inner frame.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display layer; a sensor layer on the display layer, and including: a first electrode, and a second electrode adjacent to the first electrode; and a plurality of crossing electrodes; and a driving circuit electrically connected to the sensor layer to control an operation of the sensor layer. The sensor layer is to operate in a first touch mode to sense a first input signal, and a second touch mode to sense a second input signal of an input device to discharge a magnetic field, and the driving circuit is to sense coordinates of the input device based on a signal profile measured based on a first current having a first current direction formed in the first electrode by the input device, and a second current having a second current direction opposite to the first current direction formed in the second electrode by the input device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a first lead including a mounting portion for the semiconductor element and a first terminal portion connected to the mounting portion, and a sealing resin covering the semiconductor element and a portion of the first lead. The mounting portion has a mounting-portion front surface and a mounting-portion back surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction, with the semiconductor element mounted on the mounting-portion front surface. The sealing resin includes a resin front surface, a resin back surface and a resin side surface connecting the resin front surface and the resin back surface. The mounting-portion back surface of the first lead is flush with the resin back surface. The first terminal portion includes a first-terminal-portion back surface exposed from the resin back surface, in a manner such that the first-terminal-portion back surface extends to the resin side surface.