Abstract: A method is to be implemented by a computing device that stores a risk assessment model, and includes steps of: obtaining an entry of target physiological data and target magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images of a brain of a subject with mild cognition impairment (MCI); obtaining, based on the target MRI images, voxel values respectively of primitive voxels that are related to grey matter of the brain of the subject; selecting, from among the primitive voxels, any primitive voxel satisfying a filtering criterion as a selected voxel; calculating an average of the voxel value(s) respectively of the selected voxel(s) to obtain an average target voxel value; and obtaining a probability of the subject developing Alzheimer's disease within a predetermined time period by feeding the average target voxel value and the entry of target physiological data into the risk assessment model.

Abstract: A method for enhancing an accuracy of a benign tumor development trend assessment system includes: a first processing procedure, an image captured before the treatment is inputted to and be processed by a server computing device of the benign tumor development trend assessment system to obtain a first processing result; a second processing procedure, the images captured before and in at least one period after the treatment are inputted to and processed by the server computing device to obtain a second processing result; a trend analyzing procedure, the trend analyzing module of the server computing device analyzes the first processing result, the second processing result and the trend pathways to obtain a tumor development trend result; and a storing procedure, the first processing result, the second processing result and the tumor development trend result are transformed to an individual trend pathway which is stored in the trend analyzing module.

Abstract: The invention provides a system for detecting obstacle state and an operating method thereof, comprising an image capturing module, a semantic segmentation module, a feature extraction module, an object detection module, and a distance table calibration module. The invention is delivered a semantic segmentation information to a model for processing self-learning, and selected an output of an original image size, for a carrier of an attention mechanism.

Abstract: A system for navigating a virtual environment using seated walking-in-place footstep locomotion includes a virtual reality device, a first sensing device, and a second sensing device. The first sensing device senses the first footstep locomotion of one of feet of a user seated in a physical environment to generate and transmit a first stepping signal to the virtual reality device. The second sensing device senses the second footstep locomotion of another of the feet of the user seated in the physical environment to generate and transmit a second stepping signal to the virtual reality device. The virtual reality device navigates the virtual environment in a virtual locomotion mode based on a combination of the first stepping signal and the second stepping signal.

Abstract: A MOCVD method for growing an InAlGaN/GaN heterostructure comprises steps: sequentially growing a nitride nucleation layer, a GaN buffer layer, an InAlGaN barrier layer on a substrate; using a precursor gas containing silane to in-situ grow a SiNx protective layer on the InAlGaN barrier layer at a temperature of 950-1000° C. in the same reaction chamber. Thereby is achieved a SiNx/InAlGaN/GaN heterostructure having an ultrathin barrier layer, which is suitable to fabricate HEMT elements. The present invention needn't take sample out of the reaction chamber and thus can prevent the heterostructure from oxidation and damage.

Abstract: A vehicular positioning method is provided for positioning a vehicle that is running on a road, where the road has a plurality of feature objects that have the same detectable feature and that are disposed along the road. The vehicle is provided with a system that counts a number of the feature objects the vehicle has passed by as the vehicle runs on the road, and that calculates a travelling distance the vehicle has traveled on the road based on the number counted thereby, an object length of the feature objects, and spacing between adjacent two of the feature objects. Then, the system displays an electronic map that shows the road and that indicates a position of the vehicle on the road based on the calculated travelling distance.

Abstract: An optical system includes a pancake lens assembly which has a lens unit and a liquid crystal device. The lens unit includes a partially reflective mirror, a reflective polarizer, and a quarter waveplate disposed between the partially reflective mirror and the reflective polarizer. The liquid crystal device is disposed between the quarter waveplate and the reflective polarizer. When a light is introduced into the pancake lens assembly in a Z direction, an X-polarized light passes through the liquid crystal device two times and a Y-polarized light passes through the liquid crystal device one time.

Abstract: Provided is a method for inhibiting vascular aging in a subject in need thereof by administering a pharmaceutical composition including a CCL4 antagonist. The CCL4 antagonist inhibits vascular aging by reducing a CCL4 level, inhibiting a binding activity of CCL4 with a receptor thereof, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A heat sink includes a thermally conductive base. The thermally conductive base has a first surface, a second surface, a guiding surface and an accommodating recess. The second surface faces away from the first surface. The guiding surface are connected to the first surface and the second surface. The guiding surface is not perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. The accommodating recess is located at the first surface. The thermally conductive base has an inner bottom surface and an inner annular side surface which surround and form the accommodating recess. The inner annular side surface is connected to the inner bottom surface. The accommodating recess accommodates a heat source. The inner bottom surface is thermally coupled to the heat source.

Abstract: A device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer, and a backside gate rail. The first and second transistors are arranged along a first direction in a top view. The first transistor includes a first channel layer, a gate structure surrounding the first channel layer, a first source/drain epitaxial structure and a second source/drain epitaxial structure connected to the first channel layer. The second transistor includes a second channel layer, the gate structure surrounding the second channel layer, a third source/drain epitaxial structure and a fourth source/drain epitaxial structure connected to the second channel layer. A portion of the ILD layer is sandwiched between the first and third source/drain epitaxial structures. The backside gate rail is under the ILD layer and is electrically connected to the gate structure. The portion of the ILD layer is directly above the backside gate rail.

Abstract: A metallic ferroelectric metal (MFM) field effect transistor (FET) is provided that includes an MFM, a first FET and a second FET. The MFM has a first electrode. The first FET is electrically connected to the first electrode, and has a first gate electrode, wherein the first gate electrode has a first area. The second FET is electrically connected to the first electrode, and has a second gate electrode, wherein the second gate electrode has a second area, and the first area and the second area have a ratio therebetween ranging from 1:50 to 1:2.

Abstract: A source-body self-aligned method of a VDMOSFET is provided. A pad layer and an unoxidized material layer are sequentially formed on an epitaxial layer on a semiconductor substrate. A lithography process is then carried out for patterning. Later, a thermal oxidation process is employed such that the unoxidized material layer is oxidized to form oxidation layers. Then, a source ion implantation process is performed, and a wet etching is used to remove the oxidation layers before successively employing a body ion implantation process. By using the process method disclosed in the present invention, it achieves to form the source region and the body region which are self-aligned. Meanwhile, since process complexity of the invention is relatively low, process uniformity and process cost can be optimally controlled. In addition, the invention achieves to reduce channel length and on-resistance, thereby enhancing the reliability effectively.

Abstract: A system and method for LiDAR defogging is disclosed. The method comprises: applying a detection device to determine the fog status and generate a histogram; determining the fog concentration between a target location and the detection device in the histogram according to the histogram; and applying a defogging method to defog the fog concentration between the target location and the detecting device.

Abstract: A method for recognizing a motion state of an object by using a millimeter wave radar having at least one antenna is disclosed. The method includes the following steps. A region is set to select an object in the region, wherein the object has M ranges and M azimuths between the object and the at least one antenna during a first motion time. Each of the M ranges and the M azimuths are projected on a two-dimensional (2D) plane to form M frames. The M frames are sequentially arranged into a first consecutive candidate frames having a time sequence. The first consecutive candidate frames are inputted into an artificial intelligence model to determine a motion state type of the first consecutive candidate frames.

Abstract: A microfluidic test system and method are provided. The microfluidic test system includes a control apparatus and a microfluidic chip. The control apparatus stores a test protocol of a biomedical test. The microfluidic chip includes a top plate and a microelectrode dot array having a plurality of microelectrode devices connected in series. The control apparatus provides a location-sensing signal to the microfluidic chip so that each microelectrode device detects a capacitance value between the top plate and the corresponding microfluidic electrode accordingly. The control apparatus provides a clock signal to the microfluidic chip so that each microelectrode device outputs the corresponding capacitance value accordingly. The control apparatus determines the size and location of a test sample within the microfluidic chip, generates a control signal according to the test protocol, the size, and the location, and provides the control signal to the microfluidic chip.

Abstract: Provided is a method for improving would healing, including administering an effective amount of a chemokine C-C motif ligand 7 (CCL7) antagonist to a subject in need thereof to inhibit CCL7 activity.

Abstract: A method includes following steps. First transistors are formed over a substrate. An interconnect structure is formed over the plurality of first transistors. A dielectric layer is formed over the interconnect structure. 2D semiconductor seeds are formed over the dielectric layer. The 2D semiconductor seeds are annealed. An epitaxy process is performed to laterally grow a plurality of 2D semiconductor films respectively from the plurality of 2D semiconductor seeds. Second transistors are formed on the plurality of 2D semiconductor films.

Abstract: A portable video display apparatus that adopts a L-layer processing architecture and performs the following operations for each layer of x1th layer to x2th layer: generating an optical flow map between a first and a second image frames, generating a primary rectified feature map according to a first feature map of the first image frame and the optical flow map, generating an advanced rectified feature map according to the optical flow map, the primary rectified feature map, and a second feature map of the second image frame, and generating a second feature map for the next layer according to the second feature map and the advanced rectified feature map. The portable video display apparatus generates an enlarged image frame by up-sampling the second image frame, generates a display image frame according to the second feature map at the x2+1th layer and the enlarged image frame and displays it.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first conductive feature over a first semiconductor structure; forming a first dielectric layer over the first conductive feature and the first semiconductor structure; removing a portion of the first dielectric layer to expose a top surface of the first conductive feature; forming a second conductive feature over a second semiconductor structure, wherein the first and second conductive features comprise nanotwinned copper; forming a second dielectric layer over the second conductive feature and the second semiconductor structure, wherein the second dielectric layer comprises a same material as the first dielectric layer; removing a portion of the second dielectric layer to expose a top surface of the second conductive feature; and performing a hybrid bonding process to bond the first dielectric layer to the second dielectric layer and bond the first conductive feature to the second conductive feature.

Abstract: An image sensor chip with depth information is provided. The image sensor chip includes an SPAD array, a time-to-digital converter module, a storage circuit, and a data processing circuit. The SPAD array includes a plurality of image sensor units, and each of the image sensor units includes a plurality of SPAD units and a decision circuit, wherein each of the SPAD units outputs a photon detection result within a scan period, and the decision circuit generates an image-sensing signal based on the photon detection results. The time-to-digital converter module generates a plurality of first time data in response to the image-sensing signals. The storage circuit stores the first time data temporarily. The data processing unit reads the first time data from the storage circuit and generates a plurality of second time data in response to the first time data.