Abstract: This application relates to a printed circuit board, including: a plurality of bonding pad areas configured to be electrically connected to a display; a plurality of dummy pad areas located in the plurality of bonding pad areas and configured to be connected to the ground; and a contact pad area existing between the plurality of dummy pad areas and electrically connected to the bonding pad area. The contact pad area includes a plurality of contact pads configured to be electrically connected to an external input connector. A width of the plurality of contact pads is 0.3 mm, and a distance between the plurality of contact pads is 0.2 mm. A length of the contact pad is the same as a length of a bonding pad in the bonding pad area.

Abstract: Certain examples of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for moving an aerial vehicle by decoupling the pitch- and roll-movement from thrust production. This decoupling can occur by shifting the center of gravity of the vehicle to create a moment about a desired axis. Some examples describe single-shaft rotary vehicles, while other examples describe coaxial rotary vehicles. The vehicles described herein may include a first mass moveable from a first position to a second position to create at least one of a rolling moment or a pitching moment to alter the direction of movement of the vehicle. A second mass may also be provided to alter the rolling moment or pitching moment. Methods for controlling the vehicles are also provided herein.

Abstract: A method of allowing collaboration on an encrypted document stored in a cloud computing network, the encrypted document associated with a first user having a first user account in the cloud computing network, the method comprising: in response to a request from the first user to share the encrypted document, sending a link to a public network destination to a second user address of a second user; receiving a request via the link from an unconfirmed user to access the data in the encrypted document; requesting of the unconfirmed user to login to a second user account on the cloud computing network; authenticating the identity of the unconfirmed user as the second user; upon authenticating the identity of the unconfirmed user as the second user, decrypting the encrypted document to generate a decrypted document; storing the decrypted document in the first user account; granting the second user access to the decrypted file simultaneously to access granted to the first user; subsequent to the first user or the se

Abstract: A control system for controlling a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, uses a thermal comfort model (TCM), an airflow dynamics model (ADM) and an HVAC model connecting thermal states at air vents with states of actuators of the HVAC system, for determining a target thermal state at the air vents connecting the HVAC system to an environment, such that the target thermal state at the air vents results in a thermal state at the location of an occupant according to the ADM connecting uneven distribution of thermal states at different locations in the environment. Further, the control system determines and submits control commands to one or multiple actuators of the HVAC system producing the target thermal state at the air vents.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating a secret key for encrypted communication using a synchronized neural network, which includes: generating initial codewords based on a bit string of weight values of the synchronized neural network and transmitting a first partial codeword of the initial codewords to a device of another party; receiving a second partial codeword generated by the device of the other party and combining final codewords based on the second partial codeword received from the device of the party and the bit string of the weight values; performing an error correction on the combined final codewords and transmitting first restoration success information according to the error correction to the device of the other party; and receiving second restoration success information from the device of the other party and generating the secret key based on the restoration success information of the device of the other party, are provided.

Abstract: A display module including a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels each comprising a plurality of sub pixels, the pixels being disposed on a plurality of row lines of the display panel and a driver. The driver being configured to apply a pulse width modulation (PWM) data voltage to the sub pixels in a sequential order of the row lines; and drive the display panel such that the sub pixels included in a plurality of consecutive row lines among the plurality of row lines emit light, in the sequential order of the row lines, for a time corresponding to the applied PWM data voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for the characterization of a microtexture of a sample, component, or the like. The methods may include methods of determining a service life limiting region of a component, determining a treatment method for a component, and/or selecting components from a batch of components for use in production. The characterization may include calculating a microtexture level indicator from ultrasonic C-scan images for various samples, regions, components, or the like. The microtexture level indicator may include at least one of an average peak factor, a standard deviation of peak amplitude, and/or a baseband bandwidth.

Abstract: Provided is a method for measuring surface characteristics of at least a portion of an object, including providing a light source; generating a first interference pattern on the at least a portion of the object; capturing an image of the first interference pattern; shifting the phase of the light source to generate a second interference pattern; capturing an image of the second interference pattern; filtering distortion from the interference patterns; extracting a wrapped phase of the at least a portion of the object based on the images; unwrapping the wrapped phase of the at least a portion of the object to generate an unwrapped phase; identifying a computed depth map distance to the at least a portion of the object; and fitting an ideal part to the computed depth map of the at least a portion of the object to measure the surface characteristics.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of oilfield chemicals, and discloses an acrylamide copolymer, wherein the acrylamide copolymer comprises a structural unit A, a structural unit B and a structural unit C, wherein the structural unit A has a structure shown in Formula (1), the structural unit B has a structure shown in Formula (2), and the structural unit C has a structure shown in Formula (3) and/or Formula (4); wherein R1 is methyl or H, R2 is —OH, —NH2, —COOH or C2-C12 alkyl, n is an integer between 0 and 6, and a, b and c are each independently selected from integers between 0 and 2.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing an audio signal are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a method of processing an audio signal may include acquiring a final audio signal for an initial audio signal using a plurality of neural network models generating output audio signals by encoding and decoding input audio signals, calculating a difference between the initial audio signal and the final audio signal in a time domain, converting the initial audio signal and the final audio signal into Mel-spectra, calculating a difference between the Mel-spectra of the initial audio signal and the final audio signal in a frequency domain, training the plurality of neural network models based on results calculated in the time domain and the frequency domain, and generating a new final audio signal distinguished from the final audio signal from the initial audio signal using the trained neural network models.

Abstract: Microphones, microphone systems, and methods for capturing and processing sound are described. The microphones and microphone systems may adaptively change the direction from which sound is captured. The microphones and microphone systems avoid the need to provide arrays of microphones, while providing adaptive beamforming without a time delay between each channel of information, and multi-directional sound capture. A dependency between the frequency response and system size is also avoided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein A1, A2 R4 and Q are as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1). In particular, the present invention relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.

Abstract: A method of detecting an event and recording quantitative parameters associated with the event is provided. The method includes securing an event detection and recording system on a piece of equipment, the event detection and recording system comprising a plurality of sensors, an internal power source, and a microcontroller. The method further includes activating a low monitoring mode and measuring one or more quantitative parameters with the one or more of the sensors at a first sampling rate to generate low monitoring mode sensor data; analyzing the low monitoring mode sensor data to detect initiation of a triggering event; terminating the low monitoring mode upon detection of the triggering event; and activating a high monitoring mode including measuring and recording one or more quantitative parameters at a second sampling rate, where the second sampling rate is greater than the first sampling rate. The associated system is also provided.

Abstract: A packaging structure includes: a substrate provided with a through-cavity penetrating up and down, and a metal heat sink on a front surface of the substrate; a bonding chip mounting area and a first passive element mounting area on the front surface, and a flip chip mounting area, a second passive element mounting area and a pin lead mounting area are provided on a back surface of the substrate; a first sealing ring located at the periphery of the bonding chip mounting area and the first passive element mounting area; a first cover plate packaged on the first sealing ring; a second sealing ring located at the periphery of the flip chip mounting area and the second passive element mounting area with the pin lead mounting area being located at the periphery of the second sealing ring; and a second cover plate packaged on the second sealing ring.

Abstract: An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may comprise: receiving, from a base station, basis preamble information and linear combination information; generating a superposed preamble by using the basis preamble information and the linear combination information; transmitting, to the base station, a first message including the generated superposed preamble; and receiving, from the base station, a second message that is a response signal for the first message.

Abstract: Asphalt binders and bituminous compositions comprising additives such as naphthenic acid esters. In certain embodiments the ester compounds may be useful as rheology modifiers for use in bituminous binders in road paving applications.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided. The computer-implemented includes a data-driven model and a robust closure model stored in a memory by using a processor for controlling a system. The computer-implemented method includes steps of acquiring sensor signals from at least one sensor of the system via an interface, computing a state of the system based on the sensor signals, determining a gain of the robust closure model based on the state of the system, reproducing a state of the system based on the determined gain, estimating a physics-based model of the system by combining the data-driven model and the robust closure model, and generating control commands by mapping the state of the system using the estimated physics-based model.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods of coupling a carbon containing moiety to an amine containing moiety.

Abstract: An operating method of a power estimation apparatus comprising a fixed antenna and a mobile antenna may comprise: a first operation of obtaining N measurement values by receiving a signal from signal sources using the fixed antenna and the mobile antenna that moves at a speed v from a first point to an Nth point; a second operation of generating a two-dimensional (2D) data collection set comprising N×M measurement values, by repeating the first operation M times; applying an approximation singular value decomposition (SVD) algorithm to the 2D data collection set; and obtaining information of the signal sources based on an application result of the approximation SVD algorithm, wherein N and M are natural numbers.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for making and using recombinant bacteria that are capable of regulated attenuation and/or regulated expression of one or more antigens of interest.