Abstract: ROI (Region of Interest) detection is an important step in extracting relevant information from a document image. Such images are very high-resolution images in nature and size of images is in order of megabytes, which makes text detection pipeline very slow. Traditional methods detect and extract ROI from images, but these work only for specific image types. Other approaches include deep learning (DL) based methods for ROI detect which need intensive training and require high end computing infrastructure/resources with graphical processing unit (GPU) capabilities. Systems and methods of the present disclosure perform ROI extraction by partitioning input image into parts based on its visual perception and then classify the image in first or second category. Region of interest is extracted from a resized image based on the classification by applying image processing techniques. Further, the system determines whether the input image is a pre-cropped image or a normal scanned image.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a stitched fiber-reinforced substrate material capable of suppressing the formation of microcracks in a fiber reinforced composite material. The stitched fiber-reinforced substrate material of the present invention is a stitched fiber-reinforced substrate material formed by stitching reinforcement fiber sheets made of reinforcement fibers using stitching yarns, to which an organic compound having a polar group is adhered. The organic compound having a polar group is preferably a compound having a polyoxyalkylene structure, and also preferably a compound having an epoxy group. The organic compound having a polar group is preferably adhered in an amount of 0.1 to 10 wt % with respect to the mass of the stitching yarn.

Abstract: A controller of a substrate processing apparatus causes execution of: a cleaning process of cleaning at least a bottom surface of a cover by a cleaning liquid that fills a space between a top surface of a substrate and the bottom surface of the cover by supplying, in a state in which a vertical distance between the top surface of a substrate (a cleaning substrate) held by a substrate holder and the bottom surface of the cover is set to a first distance, the cleaning liquid to the top surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate; and after the cleaning process, a drying process of drying at least the bottom surface of the cover by stopping, in a state in which the vertical distance is set to a second distance greater than the first distance, the supply of the cleaning liquid while rotating the substrate.

Abstract: A modular production system including a plurality of production modules connected in a linear series to form a production tunnel, and collectively defining a production channel, and wherein at least one fluid inlet port defined along the production tunnel, said inlet port is in fluid communication with a pressurized fluid source, whereby influx of fluid from said fluid source through said fluid inlet port acts to maintain the fluid pressure within the production channel at a higher pressure than the atmospheric pressure outside of the production tunnel; and wherein one of said production modules positioned between said proximal-most and distal-most production modules comprises a depyrogenator and/or sterilization module, comprising a transparent tubular body, and an irradiation source positioned external to said transparent tubular body, said irradiation source capable of heating the internal environment of the depyrogenation and/or sterilization module to a temperature sufficient to depyrogenate or sterilize

Abstract: First transmission device includes a first counter that generates counter value incremented in a specified cycle. Second transmission device includes a second counter that generates counter value incremented in the specified cycle. Polarization variation monitoring device acquires a first counter value generated by the first counter and a second counter value extracted by the first transmission device from a received frame transmitted from the second transmission device when the first transmission device detects polarization variation, and a third counter value generated by the second counter and a fourth counter value extracted by the second transmission device from a frame transmitted from the first transmission device when the second detector detects the polarization variation. The polarization variation monitoring device determines an occurrence position of the polarization variation based on the first counter value, the second counter value, the third counter value and the fourth counter value.

Abstract: A panel assembly is disclosed having a panel, a beam attached to the panel, and a plurality of stiffeners attached to the panel. Each stiffener includes a respective bridge which crosses over the beam at an intersection from a first side of the beam to a second side of the beam. Each bridge has an outer surface facing away from the panel and an inner surface facing towards the panel. The inner surface of each bridge deviates away from the panel to form a recess at the intersection, and the outer surface of each bridge deviates away from the panel to form a protrusion at the intersection.

Abstract: The invention provides (+)-?-dihydrotetrabenazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in reducing the life-shortening effect of Huntington's Disease in mammals. Also provided by the invention are (+)-?-dihydrotetrabenazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in preventing or delaying the onset of late stage Huntington's Disease; or for use in preventing or delaying the onset of life-threatening symptoms or events exhibited during late stage Huntington's disease.

Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising a ceria-zirconia mixed oxide, the ceria-zirconia mixed oxide being surface-modified with a perovskite type compound of formula (I); wherein formula (I) is defined by Ax-yA?yB1-zB?zO3; where: A is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Sr, Ba, Ca, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Gd; A? is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Sr, Ba, Ca, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Gd; B is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Mo, Co, Fe, Ni, Cr, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, Sc, Nb, V, W, Bi, Zn, Sn, Pt, Rh, Pd, Ru, Au, Ag, and Ir; B? is an ion of a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Mo, Co, Fe, Ni, Cr, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, Sc, Nb, V, W, Bi, Zn, Sn, Pt, Rh, Pd, Ru, Au, Ag, and Ir; x is from 0.7 to 1; y is from 0 to 0.5; and z is from 0 to 0.5.

Abstract: The invention provides a sensor device comprising an insect odorant receptor (OrX) in electrical communication with a substrate, wherein the sensor device is configured to detect a change in an electrical characteristic of the substrate. The invention also provides sensor device component comprising an insect odorant receptor (OrX) in electrical communication with a substrate. The invention also provides methods for manufacture and use of the sensor device and sensor device component. The invention also provides methods of use of the sensor to detect an analyte.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communication. A first node receives first information; receives a first signaling, the first signaling being used for indicating a first symbol set; then operates K radio signals respectively in K symbol groups in the first symbol set. The first symbol set comprises a first symbol subset and a second symbol subset, the first information is used for indicating a type of each multicarrier symbol in the first symbol set, and the first information is used for determining the first symbol subset and the second symbol subset; any of the K symbol groups belongs to one of the first symbol subset and the second symbol subset; each of the K radio signals carries a first bit block, the K radio signals respectively correspond to K first-type parameters.

Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes a memory array including bitcells and a peripheral logic block for accessing the bitcells. The peripheral logic block includes a first nanostructure having a first width for providing power to a first logic unit of the peripheral logic block, and a second nanostructure axially aligned with the first nanostructure and having a second width less than the first width for providing power to a second logic unit of the peripheral logic block.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor is provided. The solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state image sensor also includes an isolation structure disposed between the photoelectric conversion elements. The solid-state image sensor further includes a color filter layer disposed above the semiconductor substrate and having color filter segments that correspond to the photoelectric conversion elements. Moreover, the solid-state image sensor includes an organic film disposed above the color filter layer. The solid-state image sensor also includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode respectively disposed on the upper side and the lower side of the organic film. The solid-state image sensor further includes nano-structures disposed on the upper side or the lower side of the organic film.

Abstract: A fixture for use in an additive manufacturing and heat treatment process is disclosed. The fixture includes a tool with an upper surface and a lower surface, and an attachment system configured to releasably secure a substrate to the upper surface of the tool. The tool includes a body with an upper face and a lower face, and a reinforcement layer cladding the upper or lower face of the body. The reinforcement layer may be a superalloy.

Abstract: A performance calculation method is provided. In the performance calculation method, shipment inspection data of multiple flow rate controllers are acquired. Further, first performance values indicating, as deviation values, performance of the flow rate controllers are calculated based on the acquired shipment inspection data and first coefficients for items indicating the performance of the flow rate controllers. Further, second performance values indicating, as deviation values, performance of a processing apparatus using the flow rate controllers are calculated based on the calculated first performance values and second coefficients for items indicating the performance of the processing apparatus.

Abstract: The device implements a processing pipeline having distinct circuitry for performing encryption/decryption operations and authentication operations and having state stores associated with the respective operations. The state stores store state associated with a given encryption frame, enabling the respective operations to be performed when blocks of data reach that stage in the pipeline. Due to the complexity of operations in a block cipher encryption scheme, the pipeline is deep, which provide the possibility for processing multiple data packets at any one time. The provision of the state stores at the stages in the pipeline at which they are required prevents stalling when a new data packet is received.

Abstract: The disclosed calibration method includes a calibration phantom positioned on an adjustable table on the surface of a mechanical couch, with the phantom's centre at an estimated location for the iso-centre of a radio therapy treatment apparatus. The calibration phantom is then irradiated using the apparatus, and the relative location of the center of the calibration phantom and the iso-centre of the apparatus is determined by analyzing images of the irradiation of the calibration phantom. The calibration phantom is then repositioned by the mechanical couch applying an offset corresponding to the determined relative location of the centre of the calibration phantom and the iso-centre of the apparatus to the calibration phantom. Images of the relocated calibration phantom are obtained, to which the offset has been applied, and the obtained images are processed to set the co-ordinate system of a stereoscopic camera system relative to the iso-centre of the apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a nucleic acid system introduced into a bacterial strain to generate a genetically engineered bacterial strain that grows in solid tumors but does not grow in non-tumor tissues, the nucleic acid system comprising: a first DNA fragment that encodes a toxin gene that expresses a toxin that kills the genetically engineered bacterial strain; a second DNA fragment that encodes an antidote gene that expresses an antidote that negates the toxin; a first promotor that controls transcription of the antidote gene, such that glucose represses the transcription of the antidote gene; and a first constitutive promoter that causes constitutive expression of the toxin gene; wherein the second DNA fragment is transcribed in the solid tumors but not transcribed in the non-tumor tissues.

Abstract: A packet control apparatus includes a transmission source device configured to add processing wait information that indicates whether to permit immediate processing to a packet to be transmitted to a destination, and a transmission target device configured to, in a case where the processing wait information is added to the packet, wait for and receive a processing permission notification that indicates a completion of a preceding packet from the transmission source device, and process the packet, the transmission target device being a device of the destination, wherein the transmission source device and the transmission target device are coupled to each other through a bus.

Abstract: A method for parking control is provided in the present application, which includes the following steps: determining whether a single-pedal mode is activated; determining whether conditions for deceleration control are met when the single-pedal mode is activated; controlling the new-energy vehicle to decelerate when the conditions for deceleration control are met; determining whether conditions for sending a brake request to a motor controller are met during a process of controlling the new-energy vehicle to decelerate; sending the brake request to the motor controller when the conditions for sending a brake request to the motor controller are met; and sending a parking request to an electronic handbrake when the new-energy vehicle is in the brake mode and the speed of the new-energy vehicle is smaller than the third preset value for a third preset time, enable the new-energy vehicle to enter in a parking mode.