Abstract: A semiconductor package mounting structure includes a substrate (200) and a semiconductor package (100). The substrate (200) includes an opening (210) connected to a cavity of a waveguide (310). The semiconductor package (100) is mounted on the substrate (200). The semiconductor package (100) includes a semiconductor device (110) and a probe (152) connected to the semiconductor device (110). The opening (210) includes a part that overlaps the probe (152) and a part that does not overlap the semiconductor package (100).

Abstract: Mechanisms for generating insight statements from table data are provided. A portion of content comprising a table data structure and text associated with the table data structure is received and at least one of key terms or semantic relationships in the table data structure and the associated text are identified. Fields of an insight statement template are populated with information obtained from the key terms and semantic relationships to generate an insight statement data structure. The insight statement data structure is then output. The insight statement data structure is a natural language statement describing an aspect of the table data structure.

Abstract: In a mirror drive device, a first and second actuator sections are arranged on both sides of a mirror supporting section that supports a mirror section so as to sandwich the mirror supporting section. Division of an upper and lower electrodes of each of the first and second actuator sections is performed correspondingly to stress distribution of principal stresses in a piezoelectric body in resonant mode vibration, and a piezoelectric body portion corresponding to positions of a first and third upper electrode sections, and a piezoelectric body portion corresponding to positions of a second and fourth upper electrode sections have stresses in opposite directions to each other. Division of the lower electrodes is performed similar to the upper electrodes, and drive voltages having the same phase can be respectively applied to the upper and lower electrode sections of the piezoelectric body portions that are different due to a division arrangement.

Abstract: An active pixel image sensor includes a photodiode structure which enables high near-infrared modulation transfer function and high quantum efficiency, with low pinning voltage for a medium- to large-size pixel. The photodiode includes a shallow photodiode region and a deep photodiode region both of a first dopant type, where the length of the shallow photodiode region is larger than the length of the deep photodiode region; and a shallow depleting region and a deep depleting region both of a second dopant type. The deep depleting region surrounds the deep photodiode region on at least two opposite sides.

Abstract: Embodiments of techniques related to optimizing and processing queries are disclosed. In one embodiment, a query to access data of one or more databases is received, and a hybrid access path for accessing the data is generated. Generating the hybrid access path may include determining a plurality of candidate access paths and respective path cost values and selecting, based on the respective path cost values, two or more candidate access paths from the plurality of candidate access paths. Generating the hybrid access path may include generating, based on the two or more candidate access paths, the hybrid access path, the hybrid access path including at least one decision point and a set of options. The at least one decision point of the hybrid access path may indicate a difference between two or more candidate sequences of operations of candidate access paths from the two or more candidate access paths.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of suppressing a deterioration in image quality. The image processing apparatus includes a threshold value setting unit which sets a threshold value for identifying a feature of neighboring pixels of a current block in an intra prediction process in encoding of image data according to a bit depth of the image data and a filtering processing unit which performs a filtering process on the neighboring pixels by using a filter according to the feature of the neighboring pixels identified by using the threshold value set by the threshold value setting unit. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus.

Abstract: A trench isolation structure is formed beneath a topmost surface of a semiconductor substrate. A mandrel structure having a bottommost surface that straddles a sidewall edge of the underlying trench isolation structure is then formed. Nitride spacers are formed on sidewalls of the mandrel structure and thereafter the mandrel structure is removed. A dielectric oxide material is then formed having a topmost surface that is coplanar with a topmost surface of each remaining nitride spacer. Each nitride spacer is removed and thereafter a semiconductor fin is epitaxially grown within a cavity in the dielectric oxide material which exposes a topmost surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides galectin-9 variant having substantially the same bioactivity as in wild-type galectin-9 and being superior in protease stability, solubility, and yield. The galectin-9 variant according to the present invention is a protein including the following NCRD and the following CCRD composed of an N-terminal region and a C-terminal region. The C terminus of the NCRD and the N terminus of the CCRD are directly or indirectly bound to each other. The NCRD is (N1) a peptide composed of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1. The N-terminal region of the CCRD is (C-N1) a peptide composed of an amino acid sequence obtained by deletion of 1 to 17 amino acids in an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 3. The C-terminal region is (C-C1) a peptide composed of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 5.

Abstract: A SiC single crystal includes, in a plane substantially parallel to a c-plane thereof, a region (A) in which edge dislocations having a Burgers vector (A) in a specific direction are unevenly distributed, and a region (B) in which basal plane dislocations having a Burgers vector (B) in a specific direction are unevenly distributed. The region (A) is located in a <1-100> direction with respect to a facet portion, while the region (B) is located in a <11-20> direction with respect to the facet portion. A SiC substrate is produced by cutting a SiC wafer from the SiC single crystal in a direction substantially parallel to the c-plane, and cutting the SiC substrate from the SiC wafer such that the SiC substrate mainly contains one of the region (A) and the region (B). A SiC device is fabricated using the SiC substrate.

Abstract: A coke extrusion force estimation method includes: measuring irregularities on an inner wall surface of a carbonization chamber to acquire an oven wall profile; estimating an outer shape of a coke produced in the carbonization chamber based on the oven wall profile; defining an active state for a side surface position of the coke at which a coke width is smaller than an oven width and defining a passive state for a side surface position of the coke at which a coke width is larger than an oven width based on the oven wall profile and the estimated outer shape; and calculating oven wall friction force for each side surface position of the coke using a previously set apparent Young's modulus of the coke in accordance with definition of the active state or the passive state to estimate the extrusion force based on the oven wall friction force.

Abstract: An engineering device 1, outside a plant control device 2, which generates operating definition information in which assignment of control tasks to a multi-core unit of the plant control device 2 has been adjusted so that control task execution loads for each core of the multi-core unit are equalized, whereupon the generated operating definition information is transferred via a network 3 from the engineering device 1 to the plant control device 2, thereby, control task execution processing load of the plant control device executing the control tasks is reduced so that cores can be effectively utilized for plant control, and execution processing of the control tasks can be sped up.

Abstract: Charging control section 17 controls charging such that when the charging of an EV satisfies a predetermined condition, the EV is charged with electricity from a stationary energy storage and when the charging of the EV does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the EV is charged with electricity from an electric power grid and information communication grid 1 and the stationary energy storage is charged from electric power grid and information communication grid 1 based on the state of stored electricity of the stationary energy storage. Charging scheduling section 15 performs scheduling for the EV based on an electric power demand that cause electric power grid and information communication grid 1 to charge the EV with electricity, the electric power demand including electric power demand created by charging performed under the control of charging control section 17.

Abstract: An input dataset comprising a plurality of input items is transformed into a smaller output dataset comprising a plurality of corresponding output items. For each input item, a corresponding output item is created, wherein each input item contains some content that is not present in the corresponding output item. Creating an output item can comprise right shifting the bits of the input item by a shifting value, and performing an exclusive or operation on the input item and the results of the right shifting. The content contained in each input item that is not present in the corresponding output item is encoded in the storage address of the corresponding output item, such that the content of each input item is contained in a combination of the corresponding output item and its storage address. The output dataset comprises multiple levels.

Abstract: An appliance includes a dispenser for dispensing a mixture of a diluent and a consumable. The mixture may be a beverage wherein the diluent is water and the consumable is a flavorant. The dispenser includes a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of the diluent at the inlet. The rate at which the consumable is added to the diluent is dependent upon the pressure of the diluent at the inlet. The consumable may be provided in a single container, or a user may specify a particular type of consumable from a plurality of containers provided on a rotation carousel.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, an electronic device includes a detecting unit, a first housing, an operation unit, a vibrating body, and a flexible portion. The detecting unit detects an input position. The first housing includes a base disposed opposite the detecting unit and a frame body positioned on the base so as to surround the detecting unit in plan view. The operation unit is positioned at a front surface side of the detecting unit so as to cover the detecting unit in plan view. The vibrating body is provided to the operation unit. The flexible portion is provided over a whole circumference of the frame body and supporting the operation unit.

Abstract: A computing system, comprising includes a first central processing unit (CPU) and a second CPU coupled with the first CPU and with a host processor. The second CPU and the host processor may both request the first CPU to generate keys that have access rights to regions of memory to access specific data. The first CPU may be configured to, in response to a request from the second CPU, generate a unique key with a unique access right to a region of memory, the unique key usable only by the second CPU, not the host processor.

Abstract: Systems and articles of manufacture for security-aware admission control of requests in a distributed system include identifying a request dropped by a first application component in a distributed system, determining one or more actions to take with respect to the dropped request, said determining comprises identifying one or more policies of the first application component responsible for the dropped request and identifying one or more additional application components in the distributed system to be affected based on the identified one or more policies, and executing said one or more actions to control admission of one or more requests associated with the dropped request at the one or more additional application components.

Abstract: A system, a method, logic embodied in a computer-readable medium, and a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed carry out a method. The method processes: (a) a plurality of input signals, e.g., signals from a plurality of spatially separated microphones; and, for echo suppression, (b) one or more reference signals, e.g., signals from or to be rendered by one or more loudspeakers and that can cause echoes. The method processes the input signals and one or more reference signals to carry out in an integrated manner simultaneous noise suppression and out-of-location signal suppression, and in some versions, echo suppression.

Abstract: A fluid injecting apparatus includes: a cartridge portion which has a tube that transports a fluid, a plurality of fingers that press the tube, and a blocking member that blocks the tube; and a main body portion which has a cam that presses the plurality of fingers. When the cartridge portion is detached from the main body portion, the blocking member blocks the tube. When the cartridge portion is mounted to the main body portion, the cam presses at least one of the fingers such that the tube is blocked at the position of the pressed finger and the blocking of the tube by the blocking member is released.

Abstract: Provided is a method for the movement of an image object. In the method: A. determining the direction of movement of an image object to be moved, and a module X corresponding to same; B. moving the module X along the direction of movement by one unit; determining whether or not an overlap exists between the module X and another module; if not, terminating the process; otherwise, determining the module having the overlap with the module X as a blocking module; restoring the module X to the original position before swapping locations with the blocking module; determining whether or not all other modules apart from the module X and the blocking module can be properly placed; if yes, terminating the process; otherwise, executing step C; C.