Abstract: A nonvolatile memory includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell above the first memory cell. The first memory cell includes a variable resistance layer extending in a first direction, a semiconductor layer extending in the first direction and in contact with the variable resistance layer, an insulator layer extending in the first direction and in contact with the semiconductor layer, and a first voltage applying electrode extending in a second direction and in contact with the insulator layer. The second memory cell includes a second voltage applying electrode in contact with the insulator layer. When a write operation is performed on the first memory cell, a first voltage is applied to the second voltage applying electrode, and when a write operation is performed on the second memory cell, a second voltage, lower than the first voltage, is applied to the first voltage applying electrode.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for shared decoder architecture for three-dimensional memory arrays are described. A memory device may include pillars coupled to an access line using two transistors positioned between the pillar and the access line. The gates of the two transistors may be coupled with respective gate lines coupled with circuitry configured to bias the gate line as part of an access operation for a memory cell coupled with the pillar. In some cases, the circuitry may be positioned between tiles of the memory device, at an end of one or more tiles of the memory device, between word line combs of a tile of the memory device, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A facial beautifying and care apparatus includes a beauty bar (1) having an air supply passage (A), a negative pressure connecting hole (132), a conductive suction nozzle (15) and a first connection port (134); an EMS generation module (20) inside the beauty bar (1) electrically connected to the first connection port (134); an external negative pressure unit (6) separated from the beauty bar (1) and having a negative pressure driving control module (62) and a second connection port (637); the negative pressure driving control module (62) having an air supply tube assembly (66) with a negative pressure communicating hole (661); a communicating tube (7) communicating with the negative pressure connecting hole (132) and the negative pressure communicating hole (661); a conductive wire (8) connected to the first connecting port (134) and the second connecting port (637). Accordingly, the effects of facial skin firming, cleaning, beautifying and caring are achieved.

Abstract: A reference circuit for generating a reference current includes a plurality of resistive elements including at least one magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). A control circuit is coupled to a first terminal of the at least one MTJ and is configured to selectively flow current through the at least one MTJ in the forward and inverse direction to generate a reference current.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines, a target row refresh logic circuit configured to select a target row address from among a plurality of target row addresses as a refresh row address based on victim point values, and perform a refresh operation on first memory cells of the plurality of memory cells connected to a wordline of the plurality of wordlines indicated by the refresh row address, a victim point table configured to store the victim point values for the target row addresses, and a victim point accumulator configured to receive a first row address from an external device, and accumulate a first victim point value for at least one target row address corresponding to the first row address during a unit time period.

Abstract: A catheter system for ablation of tissue around a blood vessel, e.g., the pulmonary artery, to reduce neural activity of nerves surrounding the blood vessel. The catheter system includes an elongate shaft having a proximal portion coupled to a handle, and a distal portion. The distal portion includes a transducer and an expandable anchor, which may be actuated to transition between a collapsed delivery state and an expanded deployed state where the anchor centralizes the transducer within the blood vessel. The transducer may be actuated to emit energy to reduce neural activity of the nerves surrounding the blood vessel. Systems and method are further provided for confirming that neural activity of the nerves surround the blood vessel has been sufficiently reduced.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus has strings connected to a first wiring and connected to second wirings. The string has one end connected to the first wiring and includes transistors being connected to each other, gates of which are connected to the second wirings. The transistors include a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is set to a first threshold according to first data, and the second transistor is set to a second threshold according to second data in a complement relationship with the first data. Two second wirings of the second wirings are connected to gates of the first transistor and the second transistor, and one of the two second wirings is set to a potential level corresponding to third data, and another is set to a potential level corresponding to fourth data in a complement relationship with the third data.

Abstract: Ultrasound (US) apparatus and method for applying low energy US onto an internal tissue/organ, including a non-invasive US appliance used on a treatment region over the internal tissue/organ, and an electrical stimulation apparatus for simultaneously inducing interferential electrical stimulation. A controller controls parameters of the electrical stimulation apparatus and the US appliance, and dynamically changes at least one of the parameters, for maintaining the impedance of the body tissue in the treatment region within an impedance range. The US apparatus includes an impedance monitoring apparatus for continuously measuring, tracking, and monitoring impedance in the treatment region, wherein the controller dynamically changes at least one of the parameter in response to the impedance as monitored, for maintaining the impedance within the predefined range.

Abstract: A memory device includes a phase change memory (PCM) cell connected between a bit line and a word line. An X-decoder provides a word line voltage to the word line during a reset operation, and a Y-decoder provides a bit line voltage to the bit line during the reset operation. A voltage bias circuit generates the word line voltage and the bit line voltage based on a first bias during a first period of the reset operation, the word line voltage and the bit line voltage based on a second bias greater than the first bias during a second period of the reset operation, and the word line voltage and the bit line voltage based on a third bias smaller than the first and second biases during a third period of the reset operation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a pseudo-CT prediction model that can be used to generate pseudo-CT images. An exemplary system may include a processor configured to retrieve training data including at least one MR image and at least one CT image for each of a plurality of training subjects. For each training subject, the processor may extract a plurality of features from each image point of the at least one MR image, create a feature vector for each image point based on the extracted features, and extract a CT value from each image point of the at least one CT image. The processor may also generate the pseudo-CT prediction model based on the feature vectors and the CT values of the plurality of training subjects.

Abstract: The system and process of therapeutic and effective cavitation by using ultrasound to collapse gas vesicles as well as cavitate the bubbles produced from the collapsed gas vesicles. Therapeutic effect includes, but is not limited to lysing cells by cavitation. The cells expressing the gas vesicles can optionally be used as delivery cells to preform tasks such as transporting the gas vesicles into deep tissue areas, releasing compounds at the cavitation site, and more. The gas vesicles can optionally be modified to facilitate getting the bubbles near the cavitation targets by functionalizing the gas vesicles.

Abstract: Dermatological cosmetic combination treatments with high intensity focused ultrasound, dermal fillers, fat-reducing compounds, cavitation-prone fluids, and/or septa dissection are provided. A HIFU therapy system can include an imaging system, methods adapted to alter placement and position of a line focus band therapy, multiple simultaneous cosmetic ultrasound treatment zones in tissue, and dithering ultrasound beams from a transducer to alter placement and position of multiple cosmetic treatment zones in tissue. The HIFU systems can include a hand wand, removable transducer modules, and a control module. The dermal fillers can include hydroxyapatite. The fat-reducing compounds can include adipocytolytic compounds, pentacyclic triterpenoid compounds, proapoptotic compounds, compounds impairing differentiation of pre-adipocytes, and combinations thereof. The cavitation-prone fluids can include molecules dissolved in fluids, ethanol, glycerin, and ethylene glycol.

Abstract: A mobile-platform imaging device uses compression of the target region to generate an image of an object. A tactile sensor has an optical waveguide with a flexible, transparent first layer. Light is directed into the waveguide. Light is scattered out of the first layer when the first layer is deformed. The first layer is deformed by the tactile sensor being pressed against the object. A force sensor detects a force pressing the tactile sensor against the object and outputs corresponding force information. A first communication unit receives the force information from the force sensor. A receptacle holds a mobile device with a second communication unit and an imager that can generate image information using light scattered out of the first layer. The first communication unit communicates with the second communication unit and the mobile device communicates with an external network.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are set forth. The semiconductor memory device includes a stack structure including a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of gate electrodes, which may be alternately stacked on a substrate, and a plurality of channel structures penetrating the stack structure in a vertical direction. Each of the plurality of channel structures includes a channel layer, a tunnel insulating layer, an emission preventing layer, and a charge storage layer, each of which vertically extends toward the substrate.

Abstract: A tissue clip for adjoining tissues including a body portion, a biasing mechanism interconnecting the body portion to a tissue grasping mechanism, the grasping mechanism having a first condition wherein the grasping mechanism is extending against and away from the body portion and a second condition wherein the grasping mechanism is biased against the body portion. A tissue clip and deployer combination. A method of interconnecting tissue by deploying the tissue clip, puncturing tissue to be interconnected with the tissue clip, and interconnecting the tissue. A method of treating an aneurism by deploying the tissue clip at an aneurism site, closing off the aneurism site with the tissue clip, and treating the aneurism. A method of imaging a surgical procedure with ultrasound by modifying a surface of a metal surgical instrument, and imaging the metal surgical instrument with ultrasound during a surgical procedure.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for synthesizing high-quality magnetic resonance images, wherein the method expands the value ranges of echo time TE and repetition time TR in a magnetic resonance signal formula to negative intervals, and expands the contribution of proton density PD to a negative power. The method can effectively reduce the influence of the measurement error of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging tissue parameters on the tissue contrast of the synthetic magnetic resonance image, and can obviously improve the tissue contrast of the synthetic magnetic resonance image. This method will significantly improve the imaging quality of synthetic magnetic resonance imaging, and promote its detection effect in neuroscience and clinical lesions. This method is expected to improve the imaging quality of synthetic magnetic resonance imaging and promote its detection effect in neuroscience and clinical lesions.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and system for selecting program voltages for a memory device are described. Embodiments of the method, apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and system may map a set of information bits to voltage levels of one or more memory cells based on a plurality of embedding parameters, program the set of information bits into the one or more memory cells based on the mapping, detect the voltage levels of the one or more memory cells to generate one or more detected voltage levels, and identify a set of predicted information bits based on the one or more detected voltage levels using a neural network comprising a plurality of network parameters, wherein the network parameters are trained together with the embedding parameters.

Abstract: A resistive memory apparatus including a memory cell array, at least one dummy transistor and a control circuit is provided. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. Each of the memory cells includes a resistive switching element. The dummy transistor is electrically isolated from the resistive switching element. The control circuit is coupled to the memory cell array and the dummy transistor. The control circuit is configured to provide a first bit line voltage, a source line voltage and a word line voltage to the dummy transistor to drive the dummy transistor to output a saturation current. The control circuit is further configured to determine a value of a second bit line voltage for driving the memory cells according to the saturation current. In addition, an operating method and a memory cell array of the resistive memory apparatus are also provided.

Abstract: An analog neuromorphic circuit is disclosed, having input voltages applied to a plurality of inputs of the analog neuromorphic circuit. The circuit also includes a plurality of resistive memories that provide a resistance to each input voltage applied to each of the inputs so that each input voltage is multiplied in parallel by the corresponding resistance of each corresponding resistive memory to generate a corresponding current for each input voltage and each corresponding current is added in parallel. The circuit also includes at least one output signal that is generated from each of the input voltages multiplied in parallel with each of the corresponding currents for each of the input voltages added in parallel. The multiplying of each input voltage with each corresponding resistance is executed simultaneously with adding each corresponding current for each input voltage.

Abstract: A robotic device for a minimally invasive medical intervention on soft tissues is provided. The robotic device uses a medical instrument having a robot arm having several degrees of freedom and having an end suitable for receiving the medical instrument, an image capture system suitable for capturing position information concerning the anatomy of the patient, a storage medium having a biomechanical model of the human body, a processing circuit configured to determine a position setpoint and an orientation setpoint for said medical instrument on the basis of the biomechanical model, on the basis of the position information and on the basis of a trajectory to be followed by the medical instrument in order to perform the medical intervention, and a control circuit configured to control the robot arm in order to place the medical instrument in the position setpoint and the orientation setpoint.