Abstract: A server includes a communicator, and a processor configured to: receive charging reservation information of an electric vehicle (EV) from a user terminal; based on the charging reservation information of the EV, transmit a request message for reservation of use of a last mile mobility (LMM) to a LMM module; transmit a response message responsive to the request message received from the LMM module, to the user terminal; and based on a user selection input being received from the user terminal, transmit an unlock request to the LMM module to unlock a LMM holder electrically connected to an EV charging station.

Abstract: An inkjet printing method including: discharging ink contained in an ink storage unit, from a nozzle of a nozzle forming surface of a discharging unit; and supplying the ink from the ink storage unit to the discharging unit. The ink includes specific components and satisfies a specific relation between dynamic surface tension and time. The supplying includes: forming a closed space by covering the nozzle forming surface with a lid member, and freely controlling a pressure between the discharging unit and the ink storage unit; and forming an open space by opening the lid member on the nozzle forming surface, and setting the pressure to be the same as atmospheric pressure. A negative pressure difference between the ink storage unit and the discharging unit is 70-120 mmAq before discharge of the ink, 30-80 mmAq during the discharging, and the former is equal to or greater than the latter.

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a multi-phase, fluid skincare composition comprising (a) at least one cream phase; and (b) at least one gel phase; wherein the cream phase and the gel phase are visually distinct phases that are packaged in physical contact; wherein the viscosity ratio of the cream phase to the gel phase is 1.25 or greater:1 or 1:1.25 or greater, preferably 1.25 or greater:1; wherein the viscosity of the cream phase is at least 15 Pa-s; wherein the viscosity of the gel phase is at least 10 Pa-s; wherein the cream phase and the gel phase are present in the composition at a level such that the weight ratio of cream phase to the gel phase is within the range of from 65:35 to 35:65; and wherein the viscosity is measured at 23° C.

Abstract: Hydro excavation vacuum apparatus that process spoil material onboard the apparatus by separating water from the cut earthen material are disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I) or Formula (II), which inhibit Gal-3, and include pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods using and making such compounds and compositions.

Abstract: An IC device includes first and second power rails extending in a first direction and carrying one of a power supply or reference voltage, a third power rail extending between the first and second power rails and carrying the other of the power supply or reference voltage, and a plurality of transistors including first through fourth active areas extending between the first and second power rails, a plurality of gate structures extending perpendicularly to the first direction, and first and second conductive segments extending in the second direction across the third power rail. Each of the second and third active areas is adjacent to the third power rail, each of the first and second conductive segments is electrically connected to S/D structures in each of the second and third active areas, and the plurality of transistors is configured as one of an AOI, an OAI, or a four-input NAND gate.

Abstract: First and second pipe elements are joined end to end by a coupling. The first and second pipe elements have a circumferential groove at an end, and each of the grooves has a floor. A plurality of segments, each having oppositely disposed ends, and a respective connection member positioned at each end, form the coupling. A first end of each segment is connected to a second end of another of the segments such that said segments surround a central space for receiving the second pipe element.

Abstract: The present application relates to nuclear fuel claddings, and more particularly to zirconium alloy tubes with a ceramic covering. A first coating layer is applied to the ceramic covering. A second coating layer is over the first coating layer. The first coating layer includes Nb. The second coating layer includes Cr.

Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor including a plurality of windings, a first sensor configured to sense a first operating parameter of the motor, a second sensor configured to sense a second operating parameter of the motor, and memory hardware configured to store a machine learning model and computer-executable instructions. The machine learning model is trained to generate a winding temperature estimation output based on motor operating parameter inputs. The motor control system includes processor hardware configured to execute the instructions and use the machine learning model to cause the motor control system to generate a winding temperature estimation output using the machine learning model based on the first operating parameter and the second operating parameter, the temperature estimation output indicative of a predicted temperature of the plurality of windings, and control the motor based on the winding temperature estimation output.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a circuit includes: a transformer defining an inductive footprint within a first layer; a grounded shield bounded by the inductive footprint within a second layer separate from the first layer; and a circuit component bounded by the inductive footprint within a third layer separate from the second layer, wherein: the circuit component is coupled with the transformer through the second layer, and the third layer is separated from the first layer by the second layer.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to forming an epitaxial layer of aluminum on an aluminum-nitride compound. The aluminum is epitaxially grown on the crystalline aluminum-nitride compound by maintaining temperature of a crystalline aluminum-nitride compound below a cluster-favoring temperature threshold within a vacuum chamber. Then, the crystalline aluminum-nitride compound is exposed to atoms of elemental aluminum for a predetermined time duration. The aluminum is epitaxially grown in this fashion for a predetermined time duration so as to produce a layer of epitaxial aluminum of a predetermined thickness. Such epitaxially-grown mono-crystalline aluminum has a lower resistivity than poly-crystalline aluminum.

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate and isolation structures disposed on the substrate. The isolation structures are electrically non-conductive and define pixel regions. The image sensor also includes electrodes disposed on the substrate and in direct contact with the isolation structures. The image sensor further includes an active layer disposed between the isolation structures. Moreover, the image sensor includes an encapsulation layer disposed over the active layer. The image sensor also includes a color filter layer disposed over the encapsulation layer.

Abstract: Techniques for treating a hydrocarbon reservoir include delivering a composition to the hydrocarbon reservoir. The composition includes at least one acid, and liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2). The method further includes exposing the delivered composition to water to activate the composition; and treating a rock formation of the hydrocarbon reservoir with the activated composition.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer, a stack of semiconductor layers disposed over the first dielectric layer, a gate structure wrapping around each of the semiconductor layers and extending lengthwise along a direction, and a dielectric fin structure and an isolation structure disposed on opposite sides of the stack of semiconductor layers and embedded in the gate structure. The dielectric fin structure has a first width along the direction smaller than a second width of the isolation structure along the direction. The isolation structure includes a second dielectric layer extending through the gate structure and the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer extending through the first dielectric layer and disposed on a bottom surface of the gate structure and a sidewall of the first dielectric layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gas fuel-based moving object capable of checking the amount of gas filling according to filling specification and method therefor. The moving object includes: a transceiver configured to receive filling specification information of a gas charger; and a processor configured to estimate, based on the filling specification information, a maximum possible filling amount of gas injected to a fuel tank of the moving object and to provide the maximum possible filling amount through a user interface.

Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) package includes constructing a first power distribution structure on a first die included in the IC package, thereby electrically connecting the first power distribution structure to a second power distribution structure positioned on a back side of the first die, and bonding a third power distribution structure to the first power distribution structure, the third power distribution structure being positioned on a back side of a second die.

Abstract: A diaphragm for an electroacoustic transducer includes a paper substrate containing cellulose fibers as a main component and is configured such that a first surface region with a predetermined thickness from a first surface of the paper substrate has a greater total amount of coloring particles than a second surface region with a predetermined thickness from a second surface of the paper substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface.

Abstract: A connector referred to herein as a knife plate, and the structural connections formed using the knife plate. The knife plate may have a first portion configured to affix to a first structural member, such as a vertical column. The knife plate may have a second portion configured to fit within a slot formed in a second structural member, such as a horizontal beam. The second structural member may be pinned to the knife plate using one or more dowels fit through the second structural member and the knife plate.