Abstract: An optical display system and an electronic device are disclosed. The optical display system comprises: an image generating unit, which generates an image light output, wherein the image light output has a narrow angular luminance distribution; and an optical lens system, which is placed in front of the image generating unit and guides the image light output to an eye of a viewer, wherein the image generating unit includes: an image generating component, which generates a polarized light output; a polarization-dependent light deflection component, disposed to accept the polarized light output from the image-generating component and increase the amount of the polarized light output that can enter an exit pupil of the optical lens system, and the polarized light output deflected by the polarization-dependent light deflection component has the narrow angular luminance distribution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise acquiring transform coefficients distribution information of a neighboring block from a bitstream; direction-adaptively determining an intra prediction mode of a current block to be decoded, according to the transform coefficients distribution information of the neighboring block; and reconstructing the current block, based on the determined intra prediction mode, wherein the direction-adaptively determining includes determining similarity flag information corresponding to the neighboring block, based on the transform coefficients distribution information of the neighboring block.

Abstract: A magnetic signal receiving device and a magnetic field communication system are disclosed. The magnetic signal receiving device includes a signal detector including a magnetic sensor and configured to detect a magnetic signal using the magnetic sensor, a signal amplifier configured to amplify the magnetic signal detected by the signal detector, and a demodulator configured to restore the amplified magnetic signal received from the signal amplifier into an original signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compression garment for transcutaneous or neuromuscular electrical stimulation. The garment is adapted to be in contact with a part of the body. The garment is made from an elastic stretchable material. The garment comprises at least one compression band having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is adapted to be coupled with an electrode, a portion of an electrode or a plurality of electrodes for contacting skin in use. The second portion has lower elasticity compared to that of the garment material of the first portion or no elasticity. Modulus of elasticity of the garment material in elongation direction and/or resting length of the garment material in the elongation direction in the first portion are selected so that pressure exerted by the second portion on a wearer when the garment is in use is equal or greater than a minimum predetermined pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for reproducing a hologram image. The apparatus may include a holographic display module for reproducing a digital hologram, a background display module for reproducing a background image, and a combiner for selecting the background image in consideration of the depth map of the digital hologram and reproducing a hologram image synthesized by combining the selected background image with the digital hologram.

Abstract: Disclosed are stack structures and their fabrication methods. The method comprises providing a growth chamber with a first two-dimensional material layer, forming a defect on a surface the first two-dimensional material layer, and forming a second two-dimensional material layer on the first two-dimensional material layer. The step of forming the second two-dimensional material layer includes supplying the growth chamber with a transition metal precursor and a chalcogen precursor, and reacting the first two-dimensional material layer and the transition metal precursor with each other.

Abstract: A cup-shaped chuck of a substrate holding device includes an inner pressing ring, a middle frame, a sealing element, an outer pressing ring and a contact ring. The inner pressing ring is locked on the inner peripheral surface of the middle frame. The sealing element has an outer end part, a bottom part and an inner end part. The outer end part of the sealing element wraps the outer peripheral surface of at least part of the middle frame. The bottom part of the sealing element wraps the bottom of the middle frame, and is exposed to the outside of the cup-shaped chuck. The inner end part of the sealing element wraps the inner peripheral surface of at least part of the middle frame and is pressed between the inner pressing ring and the middle frame by the inner pressing ring.

Abstract: A method, performed by an authoring system, of authoring content for a high-precision fire-dynamics-simulation (FDS) is provided. The authoring system selects a target object from an object DB storing a three-dimensional model of each object made to correspond to surface information indicating at least one material constituting a surface of the three-dimensional model and material information indicating fire attribute information of each material; arranges the selected target object in a three-dimensional space to author content for the FDS; converts the content for the FDS into an FDS input file used as an input for a simulator for the FDS; and outputs the FDS input file to the simulator.

Abstract: An ADHD severity evaluation system using correlations between data gathered by VR and an ADHD-RS is provided. The ADHD severity evaluation system allows for gathering accurate data on a subject in an isolated and controlled environment by using VR, and improves the accuracy of ADHD diagnosis by measuring the severity and progression of ADHD. This can help determine an appropriate method and procedure for treating and/or relieving ADHD.

Abstract: The MOS device with resistive field plate for realizing conductance modulation field effect in the present invention is based on the existing trench gate MOS device, and a semi-insulating resistive field plate electrically connected to the trench gate structure and the drain structure is added in the drift region, where the trench gate structure can control the on-off of the MOS channel, and the semi-insulating resistive field plate can adjust the doping concentration of the drift region to modulate the conductance of the on-state drift region and the distribution of off-state high-voltage blocking electric field, thus a lower on-resistance can be obtained. In addition, the modern 2.5-dimensional processing technology based on deep trench etching is adopted in the present invention, which is conducive to the miniaturization design and high density design of the structure and is more suitable for the More than Moore (beyond Moore) development of modern integrated semiconductor devices.

Abstract: Provided is a sensing fiber member which can be processed in long lengths, which excels in mass production, which is supple and has an excellent texture, and which is much less costly than a contact sensing fiber member (a piezoelectric yarn) for which a conventional piezoelectric material is used. This sensing fiber member has at least two covering yarns for which covering is achieved by wrapping an insulating fiber serving as a covering material in one direction around a linear conductor constituting a core material, two of the covering yarns being arranged close to each other. The sensing fiber member is characterized by reading changes in resistance and/or changes in capacitance between the linear conductors of the two covering yarns arranged close to each other.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a ternary neural network accelerator device includes a first semiconductor device comprising a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, and a first gate terminal, a second semiconductor device comprising a second source terminal, a second drain terminal, and a second gate terminal, a first searching line connected to the first drain terminal, a second searching line connected to the second drain terminal, and a matching line commonly connected to the first source terminal and the second source terminal, wherein ternary weight and ternary input are each set by either of a first operation and a second operation and nine computation results are output through the matching line according to conditions of the ternary weight and ternary input.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, various embodiments of neurostimulators and stimulation systems are disclosed that provide different shapes and patterns of stimulus pulses and trains of pulses with fixed and no fixed frequencies. The neurostimulator can be configured to provide high frequency stimulation and also be implantable in the head or neck regions in order to stimulate nerves and nerve ganglions in the head and neck regions and also stimulate the brain.

Abstract: A method for tapping a yield potential of Saccharum officinarum by controlling a time of plastic mulching is provided. The method includes: (1) plastic mulching: mulching a Saccharum officinarum furrow in a Saccharum officinarum field fully with a wide plastic film in a direction parallel to the Saccharum officinarum furrow, and covering the plastic film directly above the Saccharum officinarum furrow with soil with a certain thickness along the Saccharum officinarum furrow, such that the plastic film is tightly attached to soil in the Saccharum officinarum furrow; (2) control of the time of plastic mulching, and (3) plastic film recycling treatment. The method of the present disclosure is advanced, practical, easy to operate, and easy to promote.

Abstract: A method for esterification of one or more carboxylic acid groups in a compound containing one or more carboxylic acid groups wherein the esterification reagent is a diazo-compound of formula: wherein the R1 and R2 groups of the diazo compound are selected such that the corresponding organic compound of formula: exhibits a —C—H pKa value between 18 and 29 as measured in DMSO. Specific reagents and methods for esterification are provided. The esterification reagents provided exhibit high selectivity for esterification of carboxylic acid groups over reaction with amine, alcohol or thiol groups in the compound containing one or more carboxylic acid groups. The method can be used to selectively esterify carboxylic acid groups in peptides or proteins.

Abstract: Ebola virus and Marburg virus are filoviruses and are responsible for outbreaks that cause up to 90% fatality, including the recent outbreak in West Africa that has resulted in over 11,000 deaths. The present disclosure generally relates to series novel arylnaphthalene compounds, having a formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as a vacuolar-ATPase inhibitor that are useful for the treatment for a broad spectrum of viral infections, including those infections caused by filoviruses. Pharmaceutical composition matters and methods of use are within the scope of this invention.

Abstract: An implant for fusing a joint between first and second bone portions. The implant includes a screw member, and a washer polyaxially rotatable relative to the screw member. The screw member includes a head, a lag zone, and a threaded engagement zone. The implant includes a fusion zone for joint compression, extending from the washer to the proximal end of the engagement zone. Fenestrations may be present in the fusion zone. The length of the fusion zone ranges from about 10 mm to about 37 mm. Different surface finishes including roughened and non-roughened may be applied selectively to selected portions of the implant. In an embodiment, the joint is a sacro-iliac joint, and upon implantation the implant extends from the exterior of the ilium, across the joint and into the sacral vertebral body. Instrumentation and methods for preparing the joint and implanting the implant are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided herein are kits and methods for detecting, monitoring, and classifying a nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) infection in a male subject based on a genitourinary microbiome of a subject, as well as related methods of treating. Also provided are kits and methods for classifying a risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a subject based on a genitourinary microbiome of a subject, as well as related methods of preventing infection.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LPC residual signal encoding/decoding apparatus of an MDCT based unified voice and audio encoding device. The LPC residual signal encoding apparatus analyzes a property of an input signal, selects an encoding method of an LPC filtered signal, and encode the LPC residual signal based on one of a real filterbank, a complex filterbank, and an algebraic code excited linear prediction (ACELP).

Abstract: In one embodiment, a plasma processing device may include a dielectric window, a vacuum chamber, an energy source, and at least one air amplifier. The dielectric window may include a plasma exposed surface and an air exposed surface. The vacuum chamber and the plasma exposed surface of the dielectric window can cooperate to enclose a plasma processing gas. The energy source can transmit electromagnetic energy through the dielectric window and form an elevated temperature region in the dielectric window. The at least one air amplifier can be in fluid communication with the dielectric window. The at least one air amplifier can operate at a back pressure of at least about 1 in-H2O and can provide at least about 30 cfm of air.