Abstract: Provided is a target speech signal extraction method for robust speech recognition including: (a) receiving information on a direction of arrival of the target speech source with respect to the microphones; (b) generating a nullformer by using the information on the direction of arrival of the target speech source to remove the target speech signal from the input signals and to estimate noise; (c) setting a real output of the target speech source using an adaptive vector w(k) as a first channel and setting a dummy output by the nullformer as a remaining channel; (d) setting a cost function for minimizing dependency between the real output of the target speech source and the dummy output using the nullformer by performing independent component analysis (ICA); and (e) estimating the target speech signal by using the cost function, thereby extracting the target speech signal from the input signals.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber having a processing zone in which a semiconductor substrate may be processed, a process gas source in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber for supplying a process gas into the vacuum chamber, a showerhead module through which process gas from the process gas source is supplied to the processing zone of the vacuum chamber, and a substrate pedestal module. The substrate pedestal module includes a platen made of ceramic material having an upper surface configured to support a semiconductor substrate thereon during processing, a stem made of ceramic material having an upper stem flange that supports the platen, and a backside gas tube made of ceramic material that is located in an interior of the stem.

Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a channel semiconductor structure including a stack of layers arranged on top of each other in an order of magnitudes of the polarization of materials of the layers to form multiple carrier channels at heterojunctions formed by each pair of layers in the stack. The stack of layers includes a first layer and a second layer. The magnitude of polarization of the first layer is greater than the magnitude of polarization of the second layer arranged in the stack below the first layer, and the width of the first layer is less than the width of the second layer to form a staircase profile of the semiconductor structure. The HEMT includes a source semiconductor structure including a heavily doped semiconductor material, a drain semiconductor structure including the heavily doped semiconductor material. The HEMT includes a source, a drain, and a gate electrodes to modulate the conductivity of the carrier channels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of mechanical manufacturing technology, relating to a locking device. The locking device comprise a casing with a first end and a second end; a hole is formed on the first end, and the second end has an opening; a rod is provided within the casing; and a fastener is provided on the end portion of the rod outside the casing; a raised member located outside the casing is provided at a second end portion of the rod, the raised member having a diameter greater than a diameter of the opening and a gap being formed between the raised member and the casing; a spring is sleeved on the rod, and a first shaft is provided at the second end portion. An opening and closing mechanism having the locking device is further provided for the opening or closing of a fairing.

Abstract: A microporous polymeric composition including a matrix polymer having a fractional free volume of at least 0.1 and dispersed particles having a hypercrosslinked polymer.

Abstract: A biomarker is disclosed that can distinguish aggressive epithelial tumors in a tissue biopsy from, for example, normal, hyperplastic, and benign neoplastic tumors. The biomarker can also identify epithelial tumors that have become resistant to hormone therapy. Therefore, methods are disclosed for providing diagnosis and prognosis of a subject having, or suspected of having, an epithelial tumor, such as a prostate tumor.

Abstract: A tire sealant composition is provided for sealing punctures in pneumatic tires, particularly in the extreme outer shoulder edge and sidewall, comprising a liquid carrier, latex in an amount between about 0.5 to about 6.0% by weight of the composition, a polysaccharide suspending agent and a particulate material with a particle size of less than 300 ?m. The composition allows for passage through the tire valve without the need for removal of the valve core.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for electronically assessing a visual significance of pixels or regions in an electronic image are disclosed. A method includes receiving the electronic image, performing a composition analysis on the electronic image, the composition analysis includes partitioning the electronic image into a plurality of segments or a plurality of parts, constructing an attributed composition graph having a plurality of nodes, where each node corresponds to a segment or a part and where each node includes one or more attributes, modeling the visual significance of the electronic image based on the attributed composition graph using a statistical modeling process or a computational modeling process to obtain a plurality of values, and constructing a composition significance map having a significance score for each segment or each part according to the values obtained from the statistical modeling process or the computational modeling process.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing quantum computing includes multiple qubits, each of at least a subset of the qubits comprising a loop formed of a Dirac or Weyl semimetal and having at least two stable quantum states. The apparatus further includes at least one terahertz cavity coupled with the qubits, the terahertz cavity being configured to detect the quantum states of the qubits. Each of at least the subset of qubits is configured to receive a circularly polarized radiation source. The radiation source is adapted to excite a chiral current in each of at least the subset of qubits, the quantum states of the plurality of qubits being a function of the chiral current.

Abstract: A method for processing a substrate in a processing chamber, comprising forming a deposition over the substrate is provided. A silicon containing gas is flowed into the processing chamber. A COS containing gas is flowed into the processing chamber. A plasma is formed from the silicon containing gas and the COS containing gas in the processing chamber, wherein the plasma provides the deposition over the substrate.

Abstract: A gate driver for power semiconductors is disclosed. The gate driver includes modulation to modulate signals from a controller to a radio frequency (RF) range that is much higher than frequencies associated with conducted EMI. The gate driver also includes RF transformer and tank circuit to that couples the modulated signals, filters EMI, and provides galvanic isolation. The gate driver further includes a RF demodulator and unfolder circuit for converting the RF signal into a signal appropriate for controlling the gate of a power semiconductor for switching. Additionally, the disclosed gate driver provides active gate control using programmable waveforms with values that can range over a continuous range of voltages.

Abstract: Topical medications to treat the physical effects of bruises and burns. For bruises, the topical medication preferably includes therapeutically effective amounts of vasoconstrictor, such as phenylephrine HCL USP, an anti-inflammatory, such as Arica, and compounding agents. In one embodiment, the compounding agents are a Versabase® gel which includes water, ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate copolymer, aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder, allatoin, disodium EDTA, methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone. For burns, the topical medication preferably combines therapeutically effective amounts of an active anti-bacterial compound, such as silver sulfadiazine, an anesthetic, such as lidocaine, and a histamine blocker, such as diphenhydramine, with suitable compounding agents, such as Versabase® gel. Both the anti-bruise and anti-burn medications of the present invention can advantageously be formulated in solutions, lotions, creams, ointments, gels, foams or transdermal patches.

Abstract: The device can include a first member connected to a second member via junctions. The members can be statically or pivotally connected at the junctions via arms extending from cross-beams of the members. The junctions can be configured to provide a biasing force. Methods of using the device may include collapsing the device and inserting it through an incision, allowing the biasing force to cause continuous traction and counter-traction adjacent to a leading dissection edge so that retraction of the skin from the tissue can be facilitated during a surgical procedure.

Abstract: A frame transmission controlling apparatus includes: a list configuration unit managing a parameter related to a gate control; a cycle timer unit managing a start timing of a cycle; a list executing unit performing the gate control based on the parameter, wherein the list executing unit includes: a cycle executing state machine setting an expiration time of at least one section included in the cycle, checking gate operation information corresponding to a list pointer indicating the at least one section, and performing a control corresponding to the gate operation information; a delaying state machine deducting and updating the expiration time by a predetermined unit; a cycle holding state machine generating a control signal indicating stopping transmission in MAC; and a cycle releasing state machine generating a control signal indicating resuming the transmission in MAC.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using a three-product deasphalter to produce advantageous combinations of deasphalted oil, resin, and rock. The desaphalted oil, resin, and rock can then be further combined, optionally with other vacuum gas oil fractions produced during the distillation that generated the feed to the three-product deasphalter, to produce a product slate of improved quality while also maintaining the quality of the resulting asphalt product and reducing or minimizing the amount of lower value products generated. The additional “resin” product from the three product deasphalter can be generated by sequential deasphalting, by using a resin settler to separate resin from the deasphalted oil, or by any other convenient method.

Abstract: This invention is directed to pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, and morpholine based selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds including heterocyclic anilide rings and their synthetic precursors, R-isomers, and non-hydroxylated and/or non-chiral propanamides, and pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-resistant agarase and a monosaccharide production method using same. More particularly, in the present invention, a heat-resistant agarase may be used to produce galactose and 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose at high yield by efficiently breaking down agarose or agar without a chemical pretreatment, a neutralization process, or an agarotriose hydrolase treatment process.

Abstract: Provided is a process for recovery of a functionalized compound reaction product comprising contacting (i) an oxidizing electrophile comprising a main group element, and (ii) a compound comprising at least one C—H bond, in an acidic medium to form a reaction milieu comprising a functionalized compound reaction product, contacting the reaction milieu with a water-immiscible organic solvent, separating the water-immiscible organic solvent from the reaction milieu, wherein the functionalized compound reaction product is dissolved in the water-immiscible organic solvent, and separating the functionalized compound reaction product and the water-immiscible organic solvent. The water-immiscible extraction solvent can be the same compound as the compound comprising as least one C—H bond, for example, propane or n-butane.

Abstract: A filling nozzle of a fuel tank including a receiving pipe and a liquid-vapor separator, includes a hollow body communicating with an intake pipe for a stream of vapors from the fuel tank, an emptying pipe flowing into the receiving pipe, and a vapor outlet pipe. The hollow body includes a separation mechanism extracting droplets and including at least one wall movable between first and second configurations. In the first configuration the movable wall forms, together with walls of the hollow body, a maze in which stream of vapors passing from the intake pipe towards the outlet pipe is forced to circulate. In the second configuration the movable wall allows the stream of vapors to pass from the intake pipe to the outlet pipe following a path that avoids all or part of the path travelled by the vapors when the movable walls are in the first configuration.

Abstract: A pulse oximeter embedded with a motion and noise artifact (MNA) detection algorithm based on extraction of time-varying spectral features that are unique to the clean and corrupted components.