Abstract: The upper surface of the semiconductor substrate has a slope descending from the projection in the second direction at an angle of 0-12° to a horizontal plane. The mesa stripe structure has an inclined surface with a slope ascending from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate at an angle of 45-55° to the horizontal plane, the mesa stripe structure having an upright surface rising from the inclined surface at an angle of 85-95° to the horizontal plane. The buried layer is made from semiconductor with ruthenium doped therein and is in contact with the inclined surface and the upright surface. The inclined surface is as high as 80% or less of height from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate to a lower surface of the quantum well layer and is as high as 0.3 ?m or more.

Abstract: A resistor network with reduced area and/or improved voltage resolution and methods of designing and operating the same are provided. Generally, the resistor network includes a resistor ladder with a first number (n) of integrated resistors coupled in series between a top and a bottom contact, with one or more contacts coupled between adjacent resistors. A second number of integrated resistors is coupled in parallel between the top and bottom contacts, and a third number of integrated resistors is coupled in series between the second integrated resistors and either the top or the bottom contact. Each of the integrated resistors has a resistance of R, and a voltage developed across each resistor in the resistor ladder is equal to a voltage applied between the top and bottom contacts divided by n. Where the second number is n?1, and the third number is 1, the total number of resistors is 2n.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to pre-seeding test databases in a computing environment for software testing. A system manages a pool of pre-seeded databases to serve user devices with different database requirements for their integration testing needs. Pre-seeded databases can be served more efficiently over empty databases that are populated client-side. From a user perspective, databases appear ready instantly, ready for use as part of testing software using the pre-seeded databases as a stand-in for production data. Pre-seeding databases circumvents the issues of wasted time and potential error that are otherwise possible when databases are served and populated client-side. Pre-seeding data mitigates the need to seed the database during test-time, reducing the integration test cycle for software being tested. Aspects of the disclosure provide for real-time restoration of databases by fixing portions of the database in place instead of outright deletion and recreation of an entire database.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes generating a visual interaction tool that moves and extends in a three-dimensional artificial-reality environment according to hand and arm movements of a user. It may be detected that the visual interaction tool intersects a predefined region associated with a virtual item of a first type in the AR environment. The visual interaction tool may attach to the first virtual item. A first operating mode for the visual interaction tool may be selected based on the first type of the first virtual item. The first operating mode may be selected from multiple operating modes for the visual interaction tool. A first input from the user may be received while the visual interaction tool is attached to the first virtual item. First operations with the first virtual item may be performed according to the first operating mode and the first input.

Abstract: A flash controller for managing at least one MLC non-volatile memory module and at least one SLC non-volatile memory module. The flash controller is adapted to determine if a range of addresses listed by an entry and mapped to said at least one MLC non-volatile memory module fails a data integrity test. In the event of such a failure, the controller remaps said entry to an equivalent range of addresses of said at least one SLC non-volatile memory module. The flash controller is further adapted to determine which of the blocks in the MLC and SLC non-volatile memory modules are accessed most frequently and allocating those blocks that receive frequent writes to the SLC non-volatile memory module and those blocks that receive infrequent writes to the MLC non-volatile memory module.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for audio processing. In some examples, an apparatus for media processing includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives first six degrees of freedom (6 DoF) information associated with a media content for a scene in a media application. The first 6 DoF information includes a first spatial location and a first rotation orientation for rotation about a center at the first spatial location. The processing circuitry determines that a rendering platform for rendering the media content is a three degrees of freedom (3 DoF) platform; and calculates, a revolution orientation of the media content on a sphere centered other than the first spatial location, according to at least the first spatial location. The revolution orientation is 3 DoF information associated with the media content for rendering on the 3 DoF platform.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are described herein for separately collecting and storing form contents. Different information may be collected from a user on a form. Based on determining that portions of the form request a first type of information, an extended reality (XR) environment may be provided to the user. The user may provide the first type information via an input method in the XR environment. The user may provide a second type of information using a different input method outside of the XR environment. The first type of information may be processed and stored in a different database as compared to the second type of information. The database storing the first type of information may have a higher security standard than the database storing second type of information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the yield stress of a non-Newtonian fluid in real time are provided. A pressure loss and/or liquid rise technique, an ultrasonic technique, and/or a penetrometer technique can be used to determine the yield stress of a non-Newtonian fluid. The ultrasonic technique can include a longitudinal wave approach and/or a shear wave approach. The methods and systems are non-invasive and only require slight modifications to the piping containing the non-Newtonian fluid in order to measure the yield stress.

Abstract: A device and associated method for centrifuging a physiological fluid includes a syringe including a tip, a base and a barrel extending between the tip and the base to hold a physiological fluid. The syringe includes a plunger positioned within the barrel and the plunger includes a plunger seal in sealing engagement with an inside wall of the barrel. An exoskeleton is provided to support the syringe at least partially within the exoskeleton for use in a centrifuge. The syringe is removably coupled to the exoskeleton using an interference fit. The method includes holding the physiological fluid in the syringe, supporting the syringe at least partially within the exoskeleton, and centrifuging the physiological fluid in the syringe supported by the exoskeleton.

Abstract: A device for polishing of a multi-surface workpiece is described. The device includes a base and a vertical motion platform that moves along two support rods, which carries a motor that drives a rotating shaft. The support rods extend from said base. A polishing tool is attached to the motor shaft. The workpiece being polished is placed on a linear motion stage during the polishing process.

Abstract: A technique for encoding video for machine vision and human/machine hybrid vision, including receiving at a hybrid codec, input including at least one of video or image data, the hybrid codec including a first and second codec wherein the first codec is a traditional codec designed for human consumption and the second codec is a learning-based codec designed for machine vision; compressing the input using the first codec, wherein the compressing includes down-sampling the input using a down-sampling module and up-sampling the compressed input using an up-sampling module producing a residual signal; quantizing the residual signal to obtain a quantized representation of the input; entropy encoding the quantized representation of the input using one or more convolutional filter modules; and training one or more networks using the entropy encoded quantized representation.

Abstract: A method provides for removing oil content from a source material and extracting protein from the source material prior to generating a protein concentrate, including decorticating the source material, the source material having a protein and an oil content therein, the decorticating to remove a cortex from the source material. The method includes creating a flour from the source material having the cortex removed therefrom, removing at least a portion of the oil content from the flour by generating a solvent mixture by mixing the flour with a solvent and extracting a de-oiled flour from the solvent mixture, including oil and sugars extracted from the flour. The solvent may include supercritical CO2, subcritical CO2, ethanol, or a combination thereof. The method includes drying the de-oiled flour using at least one dryer and extracting a protein concentrate from the de-oiled flour.

Abstract: The present invention relates to injectable pharmaceutical compositions comprising therapeutically effective amount of succinylcholine chloride, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable aqueous solvents, and one or more stabilizing agents selected from aliphatic polyols; lower alkyl alcohols; amino acids having at least one additional amino, carboxyl or hydroxyl group; amino alcohols; and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids having at least one hydroxyl or amino group, or ?-? unsaturation. The compositions are stable at room temperature for at least 30 days. Methods of manufacturing the injectable pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. The composition may be provided in a sealed container, e.g., an ampoule, vial and pre-filled syringe, and are suitable for subcutaneous, intravenous or intramuscular administration as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation, and/or to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.

Abstract: Examples of air treatment systems for use in neutralizing airborne pathogens are disclosed herein. The air treatment systems comprise a housing, an air moving device, and one or more sources of ultraviolet light. An airflow may be directed through the enclosure by the air moving device and exposed to the ultraviolet light sources disposed within the enclosure. In some examples, the air treatment systems include one or more baffles disposed within the enclosure to disrupt the linear flow of air through the enclosure and cause more uniform exposure to the ultraviolet light emitted by the sources of ultraviolet light. Some examples may also include one or more air filters for removing particulate matter.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous dispersion as a biobased binder and an aqueous coating composition comprising such aqueous dispersion and showing balanced stain resistance, freeze-thaw stability, and anti-clogging properties.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive range data from a ranging sensor of a vehicle, the range data including a stationary object and an apparent moving object; determine that a path of the apparent moving object is within a threshold distance of the stationary object; and upon determining that the path is within the threshold distance of the stationary object, discard the apparent moving object.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video encoding/decoding. The apparatus includes processing circuitry for: receiving prediction information of a current coding block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream, the prediction information indicating that the current coding block is coded using a subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (SbTMVP) mode; deriving multiple displacement vector (DV) candidates by applying multiple DV offset candidates to a fixed DV predictor of the current coding block; comparing a template of the current coding block with each of multiple templates, each template of the multiple templates being located at a position specified by a corresponding one of the multiple DV candidates; calculating a cost value associated with each one of the multiple DV offset candidates based on the comparing; and reordering DV offset indices of the multiple DV offset candidates based on their calculated cost values.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide real-time communication between website operators and website visitors including monitoring, gathering, managing and sharing of information.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system and method for removing CO2 from an inlet gas including a first fluid stream inlet providing for the flow of a first fluid stream, such as an inlet gas containing CO2, and a second fluid stream inlet providing for the flow of a second fluid stream, such as steam, an outlet providing for the flow of a CO2 depleted stream from the CO2 capture system, an outlet providing for the flow of a CO2 stream from the CO2 capture system and a concentrator in fluid communication with the first fluid stream. The system further including a first contactor and a second contactor. Each of the first contactor and the second contactor defining therein a first fluidically-isolated, sorbent-integrated, fluid domain for flow of the first fluid stream and CO2 adsorption and a second fluidically-isolated fluid domain for flow of the second fluid stream to assist in desorption.