Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for evaluating an image quality of an image produced by an x-ray computed tomography (CT) system.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a roll-to-roll apparatus may include an unwinding unit, a winding unit, at least one supporting unit, at least one breakage sensor, and at least one holding unit. The at least one supporting unit is disposed between the unwinding unit and the winding unit, and supports the flexible substrate to move from the unwinding unit to the winding unit. The at least one breakage sensor may sense whether the flexible substrate is broken or not. The at least one holding unit may grip the flexible substrate while a breakage of the flexible substrate is sensed by the at least one breakage sensor.

Abstract: A signal processing method, and a transmitter and a receiver are disclosed. The signal processing method may include converting a transmission signal to a non-periodic sequence type transmission signal using periodic sequences and transmitting the non-periodic sequence type transmission signal to the receiver, in which the receiver may detect a burst from the received non-periodic sequence type transmission signal.

Abstract: A method of screening a lithium ion battery is provided. A number of lithium ion batteries are galvanostatically discharged to a discharge cutoff voltage V0 at a first constant current I1. The number of lithium ion batteries are rested for a first rest time T1. The number of lithium ion batteries are galvanostatically charged to a charge cutoff voltage V1 at a second constant current I2. The number of lithium ion batteries are rested for a second rest time T2, and the batteries are screened based on a self-discharge of the plurality of lithium ion batteries.

Abstract: A high-frequency signal predistortion device includes a high-frequency signal estimator, a predistortion estimator, and a predistorter. The high-frequency signal estimator is configured to determine non-linear distortion characteristics of high-frequency signals transmitted by antennas. The predistortion estimator is coupled to the high-frequency signal estimator. The predistortion estimator is configured to determine a predistortion coefficient based on the non-linear distortion characteristics. The predistorter is coupled to the predistortion estimator. The predistorter is configured to distort a base signal of the high-frequency signals based on the predistortion coefficient.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a load balancing method, a load balancing system, a load balancing device and a topology reduction method. The load balancing method includes configuring a transmission progress value for each of the edge servers; grouping the edge servers into server groups, wherein each of the edge servers is grouped into at least one server group among the server groups; receiving a download request corresponding to a first video stream from a user device, wherein a first server group among the server groups provides the first video stream; and selecting one of the edge servers from the edge servers of the first server group as a first edge server to provide video data of the first video stream to the user device according to the transmission progress values of the edge servers of the first server group.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for improved access to flash memory devices. A system may include a control state module configured to receive memory access commands. The system may further include a plurality of operation sequencer modules configured to execute a pipeline schedule for the performance of the received memory access commands. The pipeline schedule may be configured to enable parallel execution of the memory access commands among a plurality of flash dies of the flash memory. Each of the operation sequencers is associated with one or more of the flash dies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for producing and executing an interactive broadcast program. A program enabler service system providing an interactive service for allowing users to participate in a broadcast program includes: a program-generating unit providing a tool for receiving broadcast program-related information so as to generate information received through the tool in a script format for the broadcast program; a program-executing unit providing information to users participating in the broadcast program through a communication channel provided by the service enabler after reading the information generated in the script format by interacting with the broadcast program; and a service-connecting unit connecting a communication service platform of the service enabler to the program-executing unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor including a core-shell nanostructure, and more particularly, to a sensor including: a base material; a sensing part including a core-shell nanostructure that has a core including a first metal oxide and a shell including a second metal oxide formed on the core; and two electrode layers spaced from each other on the sensing part.

Abstract: Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuels and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks.

Abstract: A composite plate structure including a flexible substrate and a release layer is provided. The flexible substrate has an upper surface and a lower surface. The release layer is disposed on the lower surface of the flexible substrate, and includes a hydrophobic material and a bonding material. The hydrophobic material includes at least one fluorine atom. The bonding material at least includes an amide functional group or an epoxy functional group. The bonding material is bonded to the flexible substrate through the amide functional group or the epoxy functional group. A flexible apparatus including the composite plate structure is also provided.

Abstract: The invention features therapeutic compositions comprising agents useful for the treatment or prevention of pruritis, and methods useful for identifying such agents.

Abstract: An interrupt handling method and a system are provided. An exemplary embodiment of an interrupt handling method in a virtualized environment operable on a computer having one or more CPU cores, includes disabling a virtual machine exit triggers by an interrupt that destined to a virtual machine (VM), via a hypervisor of the virtualized environment. The exemplary method further includes delivering directly one or more interrupts from an I/O virtualization (IOV) device and a virtual device that destined to the VM, while the destined VM is running on one of the one or more CPU cores, otherwise delivering the one or more interrupts to the hypervisor to deliver corresponding one or more virtual interrupts to the destined VM.

Abstract: A process for producing light olefins and aromatics, which comprises reacting a feedstock by contacting with a catalytic cracking catalyst in at least two reaction zones, wherein the reaction temperature of at least one reaction zone among the reaction zones downstream of the first reaction zone is higher than that of the first reaction zone and its weight hourly space velocity is lower than that of the first reaction zone, separating the spent catalyst from the reaction product vapor, regenerating the separated spent catalyst and returning the regenerated catalyst to the reactor, and separating the reaction product vapor to obtain the desired products, light olefins and aromatics. This process produces maximum light olefins such as propylene, ethylene, etc from heavy feedstocks, wherein the yield of propylene exceeds 20% by weight, and produces aromatics such as toluene, xylene, etc at the same time.

Abstract: A computer-based genomic annotation system, including a database configured to store genomic data, non-transitory memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to implement the instructions in order to implement an annotation pipeline and at least one module filtering or analysis of the genomic data.

Abstract: A potassium fluoroboratoberyllate crystal oblique-incidence laser frequency multiplier, comprising: a flake-like potassium fluoroboratoberyllate crystal having parallel front and back polished surfaces; a front antireflection film and a back antireflection film; a columnar crystal support provided with a square holding slot and a light through-hole; and external heating jackets; the crystal is disposed in the square holding slot, the front and back surfaces of the crystal conforming to a main surface of the square holding slot, a normal of the main surface of the holding slot forming an angle ? with the central axis of the crystal support; a laser at a fundamental frequency passes through the front antireflection film, and a frequency-multiplied laser generated in the crystal is transmitted out through the back antireflection film. The present invention has a simple structure and a low cost, and is suitable for medium- and high-power laser systems.

Abstract: A flexible electronic device including a flexible panel and an auxiliary layer is provided. The flexible panel has a plurality of operation portions, wherein a predetermined bending portion disposed between each adjacent two of the operation portions. The auxiliary layer is disposed on a surface of the flexible panel and at least located above the predetermined bending portion. The predetermined bending portion of the flexible panel may be bent in a first bending state for the auxiliary layer to be in contact with the predetermined bending portion, and a radius of curvature of the auxiliary layer is greater than a radius of curvature of the predetermined bending portion. The flexible electronic device has a first compressive stress region and a first tensile stress region, and a range of the first compressive stress region is greater than a range of the first tensile stress region.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of mitigating, in a subject (individual), tissue injury resulting from exposure to radiation (accidental/unintentional or intentional, such as therapeutic), chemoradiotherapy, disease, toxin, or drug or biologic mediated therapy.

Abstract: The present invention mainly provides a precision calibration method for being applied in a high-precise rotary encoder system, wherein the primary technology feature of the precision calibration method is that: using a laser speckle image capturing module to capture N frames of laser speckle image from an optical position surface of a rotary encoding body, and then using image comparison libraries and particularly-designed mathematical equations to calculate N number of image displacements, so as to eventually calculate N number of primary variation angles and sub variation angles corresponding to the N frames of laser speckle image. Therefore, after the rotary encoding body is rotated by an arbitrary angle, an immediate angle coordinate can be precisely positioned according to the primary variation angles, the secondary variation angles and the N number of image displacements.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for adsorption/desorption of lithium ions from brine, which employs a counter current decantation process in adsorption/desorption of lithium ions, thereby achieving an adsorption rate of 65±5% and a desorption rate of 95±3%. The method includes supplying brine into one of a plurality of adsorption reactors, adsorbing lithium ions to an adsorbent by supplying the adsorbent to the adsorption reactor to which the brine is supplied and forcing the brine and the adsorbent to sequentially flow backwards inside the respective adsorption reactors, and desorbing the lithium ions from the brine by forcing the adsorbent to which the lithium ions are adsorbed to sequentially flow backwards inside a plurality of desorption reactors. Here, the brine and the adsorbent are stirred by a stirrer to maintain the adsorbent in an intermediate state instead of settling or floating inside the respective adsorption reactors.